Aspiration Quote by Joseph Campbell

“Closing the dictionary and opening any history of civilizations, the curious reader might consider the characteristics of societies in decay. At the meeting point…

— John Ralston Saul

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards

— Walter Bagehot

History is driven, over the long haul, by culture - by what men and women honor, cherish, and worship; by what societies deem to…

— George Weigel

I think... the history of civilization is an attempt to codify, classify and categorize aspects of human nature that hardly lend themselves to that…

— Tom Stoppard

“Because history has the functions it has—supplying practical lessons and moral examples, shaping a culture’s identity and even influencing one’s view of destiny—it is…

— Heath White

“Minor segments of earlier history may have been rescued or 'retrieved' -- e.g. Greek 'democracy,' Aristotle, the Magna Carta, etc. -- but these remain…

— Wael B. Hallaq

History gets thicker as it approaches recent times: more people, more events, and more books written about them. More evidence is preserved, often, one…

— A. J. P. Taylor

Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed. History is a tale of efforts that failed, or aspirations that weren’t realized . So,…

— Henry A. Kissinger

Before we can build a stable civilization worthy of humanity as a whole, it is necessary that each historical civilization should become conscious of…

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

We may be entering a new phase of history, a time when we begin to rediscover . . . the traditional teaching that power…

— Donald Worster

“Perhaps the cause of our contemporary pessimism is our tendency to view history as a turbulent stream of conflicts – between individuals in economic…

— Will Durant

A civilization is always judged in its decline.

— Melvin B. Tolson