#history

We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#forces #historical #history #merely #nor

Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history. ↗

— Karl Jaspers

#history #philosophy #tested #way #which

No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in the history of the planet. ↗

— Derrick Jensen

#causing #civilization #death #extinction #greatest

Common sense and history tell you that rewarding illegal behavior will only encourage more of it. ↗

— Ric Keller

#common #common sense #encourage #history #illegal

But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set of people, and in a common history, that constrains your evolution and your ability to evolve in certain directions. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#certain #common #directions #embodied #evolution

There is no short and easy road, no magic cure for those ills which have afflicted mankind from the dawn of history. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

#cure #dawn #easy #history #ills

It's not painful to relive it. I'm comfortable with my position in American history. ↗

— Rodney King

#american history #comfortable #history #i #painful

Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium. ↗

— John Lasseter

#cinema #entertained #history #medium #never

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#era #fascinated #history #i #i am

China's own recent history proves that when it opens itself, there is nothing its people cannot accomplish. A more open China will lead to a more prosperous and stable China. That's good for China, the United States and, indeed, the entire world. ↗

— Gary Locke

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