--- title: "1 Human Rise Quotes By Jan Smuts" description: "1 Human Rise quotes by Jan Smuts. Plus more from Jan Smuts and more Human Rise sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/jan-smuts-29950_bible_to-me-the-greatest-thing-that-has-happen_1537807.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/to-me-the-greatest-thing-that-has-happened-on-this-earth-of-ours-is/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/jan-smuts-29950_bible_to-me-the-greatest-thing-that-has-happen_1537807.jpg) ## More by Jan Smuts > [The intimate rapport with nature is one of the most precious things in life. Nature is indeed very close to us; sometimes closer than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/the-intimate-rapport-with-nature-is-one-of-the-most-precious-things/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/if-a-nation-does-not-want-a-monarchy-change-the-nation-s-mind-if-a/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) > [When I look at history, I am a pessimist...but when I look at prehistory, I am an optimist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/when-i-look-at-history-i-am-a-pessimist-but-when-i-look-at-prehistory/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) > [This is a good world. We need not approve of all the items in it, nor of all the individuals in it; but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/this-is-a-good-world-we-need-not-approve-of-all-the-items-in-it-nor/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) > [To me the greatest thing that has happened on this earth of ours is the rise of the human race to the vision of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/to-me-the-greatest-thing-that-has-happened-on-this-earth-of-ours-is/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) > [The mountain is not something eternally sublime; it has a great historic and spiritual meaning to us. It stands for us as the ladder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/the-mountain-is-not-something-eternally-sublime-it-has-a-great/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) > [If there was to be equal manhood suffrage the whites would be swamped all over South Africa by the blacks and the whole position…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/if-there-was-to-be-equal-manhood-suffrage-the-whites-would-be-swamped/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) > [History writes the word 'Reconciliation' over all her quarrels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/history-writes-the-word-reconciliation-over-all-her-quarrels/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/what-was-everybody-s-business-in-the-end-proved-to-be-nobody-s/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) > [...evolution is the gradual development and stratification of progressive series of wholes, stretching from the inorganic beginnings to the highest level of spiritual creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/evolution-is-the-gradual-development-and-stratification-of/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) > [In spite of the great advances which have been made in our knowledge, some fundamental gaps remain. Matter, life and mind still remain utter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/in-spite-of-the-great-advances-which-have-been-made-in-our-knowledge/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/perhaps-it-is-god-s-will-to-lead-the-people-of-south-africa-through/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) > [A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/a-man-is-not-defeated-by-his-opponents-but-by-himself/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) > [Democracy, with its promise of international peace, has been no better guarantee against war than the old dynastic rule of kings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/democracy-with-its-promise-of-international-peace-has-been-no-better/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) > [Having no human companion I felt a spirit of comradeship for the objects of nature around me. In my childish way I communed with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-smuts/having-no-human-companion-i-felt-a-spirit-of-comradeship-for-the/) [Jan Smuts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-smuts/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-rise/jan-smuts/#itemlist", "name": "1 Human Rise Quotes By Jan Smuts", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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