"To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man."

History, Belief, Progress, Dignity

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"To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man."

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"The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

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"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

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"They were obviously headstones of graves, though the graves themselves no longer existed as either mounds or depressions; the years had leveled all. Scattered here and there, more massive blocks showed where some pompous or ambitious monument had once flung its feeble defiance at oblivion."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

History, Death, Decay, Memory

"There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body."

E.A. Bucchianeri, American Author

History, Symbolism, Patriotism, Emotion

"The past is not a package one can lay away."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

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"The double-crossed, might-have-been history of my country is not the study of what actually took place here: it's the study of historians' studies. . . .Memories are their own descendants masquerading as the ancestors of the present."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

History, Memory, Study, Truth

"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

History, Men

"Those who stand for different causes during different generations often experience the same oppositions and the same difficulties as those of the previous and the next generations. That is the basis of history repeating itself."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"Super-eruption of mount Toba, 76,000 years ago had wiped out a previous great civilization on earth."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

History, Truth, Future, Wisdom

"Adolf Hitler! Ken, it makes me furious. Forty million people die to defeat that megalomaniac, and he's the star of the first broadcast to another civilization? He's representing us. And them. It's that madman's dream come true."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

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"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

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"Even if the paradise of material satisfaction, which they envisage as their final goal, were realized on earth, it would not bring mankind either contentment or peace."

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"Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from an indomitable will."

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"The future depends on what we do in the present."

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"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed."

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"It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity."

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"The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever."

"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion."

"They were obviously headstones of graves, though the graves themselves no longer existed as either mounds or depressions; the years had leveled all. Scattered here and there, more massive blocks showed where some pompous or ambitious monument had once flung its feeble defiance at oblivion."

"There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body."

"The past is not a package one can lay away."

"The double-crossed, might-have-been history of my country is not the study of what actually took place here: it's the study of historians' studies. . . .Memories are their own descendants masquerading as the ancestors of the present."

"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."

"Those who stand for different causes during different generations often experience the same oppositions and the same difficulties as those of the previous and the next generations. That is the basis of history repeating itself."

"Super-eruption of mount Toba, 76,000 years ago had wiped out a previous great civilization on earth."

"Adolf Hitler! Ken, it makes me furious. Forty million people die to defeat that megalomaniac, and he's the star of the first broadcast to another civilization? He's representing us. And them. It's that madman's dream come true."

Explore more quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

"Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use."

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

"Even if the paradise of material satisfaction, which they envisage as their final goal, were realized on earth, it would not bring mankind either contentment or peace."

"Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness."

"Full effort is full victory."

"It does not require money to live neat, clean, and dignified."

"Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from an indomitable will."

"The future depends on what we do in the present."

"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed."

"It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity."