"When the past no longer illuminates the future,……" — Alexis de Tocqueville

"When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness."

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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257 Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville has 257 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

When fortune has been abolished, when every profession is open to everyone, an ambitious man may think it is easy…
Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.
If an American was condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half…
I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large…
Muhammad professed to derive from Heaven, and he has inserted in the Koran, not only a body of religious doctrines,…
The aspect of American society is animated, because men and things are always changing; but it is monotonous, because all…
When none but the wealthy had watches, they were almost all very good ones; few are now made which are…
Whatever may be the general endeavor of a community to render its members equal and alike, the personal pride of…
Freedom sees in religion the companion of its struggles and its triumphs, the cradle of its infancy, the divine source…
When the people rule, they must be rendered happy, or they will overturn the state.
Chance does nothing that has not been prepared beforehand.
The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.

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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I… — Kevin Bacon
I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into… — Kevin Bacon
You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. — Edward Abbey
It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary.… — Saint Basil
Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul. — Ezra Taft Benson
No durable things are built on violent passion. Nature grows her plants in silence and in darkness, and only when… — Annie Besant
Education is the movement from darkness to light. — Allan Bloom
Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which… — Emily Bronte
I'll speak for myself, but there's a lot of humor to be found in sarcasm and darkness. You talk to… — Nicolas Cage
Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness. — Julia Cameron

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