History Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“Man lives consciously for himself, but serves as an unconscious instrument for the achievement of historical, universally human goals. ”

— Leo Tolstoy

“A human being lives out not only his personal life as an individual, but also, consciously or subconsciously, the lives of his epoch and…

— Thomas Mann

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.

— Leo Tolstoy

“There are two sides to each man’s life: his personal life, which is the more free the more abstract its interests, and his elemental,…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Although on a conscious level a man lives for himself, he is actually being used for the attainment of humanity's historical aims. A deed…

— Leo Tolstoy

“There are two sides to the life of every man, his individual life, which is the more free the more abstract its interests, and…

— Leo Tolstoy

“To lead a human life, a man must have a notion of himself as having a past and a future.”

— Mary Warnock

“There are two aspects to the life of every man: the personal life, which is free in proportion as its interests are abstract, and…

— Leo Tolstoy

“By the grace of reality and the nature of life, man–every man–is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake, and the…

— Ayn Rand

“As a man begins to understand the sacrifices he must make to live the life he dreams of, he often loses his courage for…

— Josie Sigler

“Deep in his heart, man aspires to rejoin the condition he had before consciousness. History is merely the detour he takes to get there.”

— Emil M. Cioran

“Man makes his own history, but he does not make it out of the whole cloth; he does not make it out of conditions…

— Karl Marx