Quotes about History

Your body is the physical record of your life story as you've lived it until today.

The past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift. That is why this moment is called the 'present.

You judge people in the context of their time, not in the context of ours.

Whatever sins Christians engaged in the past, and they were extensive, the fact is that the most humane and decent countries in the world nearly all have Christian origins. That is not true of states that grew out of Islam.

I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.

People of vision gauge decisions on the future; the story of the past cannot be rewritten.

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

but the foundation of your fuckedupedness is something that's been passed down through generations of your family, like a coat of arms or a killer cornbread recipe, or in my case, equating confrontation with heart failure.

All true histories contain instruction.

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealised into powerlessness

Far too often, we have limited the definition of the Church. While not in all cases, in many cases, 'Church' has become an informational, inspirational weekly gathering rather than the group of people that God has ordained from Heaven to operate on his behalf on Earth in order to bring Heaven's viewpoint into history.

The long arc of history that recounts the Catholic Church's embrace of people of all faiths and none in providing health, education, and welfare in society is as incontestable as it is impressive.