Leopold Von Ranke Quotes
It is striking how history, when resting on the memory of men, always touches the bounds of mythology.
He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.
In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined.
All ages are equidistant from eternity, and just as immediately accessible to God's presence.