#historic

All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved. ↗

— Hans Kung

#alteration #cannot #changed #consciousness #demonstrates

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

— Leo Tolstoy

#attainment #consciously #himself #historic #humanity

The apostolic writings are of three kinds: historical, didactic, and prophetic. ↗

— Philip Schaff

#didactic #historical #kinds #prophetic #three

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. ↗

— Walter Scott

#easier #examine #finds #historical #incredulity

There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined might not corrupt an eager but innocent youth. ↗

— Peter Straub

#alarmed #books #corrupt #eager #historical

The supernatural birth of Christ, his miracles, his resurrection and ascension, remain eternal truths, whatever doubts may be cast on their reality as historical facts. ↗

— David Friedrich Strauss

#birth #cast #christ #doubts #eternal

The media has become more forceful, has begun to recognize its traditional historic role and act on it, and truth is infectious. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#become #begun #forceful #historic #infectious

I like the stories with the historical themes. ↗

— Sarah Sutton

#i #like #stories #themes

What I found was when I started my first study, and then in subsequent studies, is here you have people under some kind of duress, or I chose to study them because they represented some kind of historical event, as it impacted on them or as they helped to create it. ↗

— Robert Jay Lifton

#chose #create #duress #event #first

Listen. Just because we got a mutual hankering, doesn't mean we have to act on it. Aside from the hankering, there isn't much about you that I like. So far, you've been a pain in the behind. And I might as well tell you, I've followed through on one hankering and getting shot was more of an enjoyable experience. I didn't like it. ↗

— Maggie Osborne

#humorous #romance #experience