To me the greatest thing that has happened on this earth of ours is the rise of the human race to the vision of God. That story of the human rise to what I call the vision of God is… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
The intimate rapport with nature is one of the most precious things in life. Nature is indeed very close to us; sometimes closer than… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
If a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nation's mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the nation's needs. — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
When I look at history, I am a pessimist...but when I look at prehistory, I am an optimist. — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
This is a good world. We need not approve of all the items in it, nor of all the individuals in it; but the… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
To me the greatest thing that has happened on this earth of ours is the rise of the human race to the vision of… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
The mountain is not something eternally sublime; it has a great historic and spiritual meaning to us. It stands for us as the ladder… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
If there was to be equal manhood suffrage the whites would be swamped all over South Africa by the blacks and the whole position… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
What was everybody's business in the end proved to be nobody's business. Each one looked to the other to take the lead, and the… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
...evolution is the gradual development and stratification of progressive series of wholes, stretching from the inorganic beginnings to the highest level of spiritual creation. — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
In spite of the great advances which have been made in our knowledge, some fundamental gaps remain. Matter, life and mind still remain utter… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day. — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
Democracy, with its promise of international peace, has been no better guarantee against war than the old dynastic rule of kings. — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
Having no human companion I felt a spirit of comradeship for the objects of nature around me. In my childish way I communed with… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
