Repeating Quotes
So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him.
The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence
History repeats itself in the large because human nature changes with geological leisureliness.
So I left him there alone to watch history repeat the same events retold again and again on his own.
You are not responsible for the past, but insofar as you do nothing, you are complicit in the present created by it.
Either you must control your thoughts or the outside forces will control them and be warned that the outside forces are usually negative.
Either you must control your thoughts or the outside forces will control them and be warned that the outside forces usually consist of fears, worries and doubts.
God desires that Christians would avoid repeating the disobedient mistakes of the Israelites.
All the thoughts/images in our minds, and all the emotions connected with our thoughts will sooner or later manifest as our reality.
Every end of every day is the most important time of that day because you confront with your past and you obtain a chance for tomorrow not to repeat your past mistakes!
If there were ever such a thing as a unique opinion, history would probably be less inclined to repeat itself.
... the vintage of history is forever repeating ~ same old vines, same old wines!
Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War we seem to be sliding inexorably towards another.
This was too much for him to handle. It was like watching memories of his life play out from a different camera angle, sometimes with new scenes added. He was living DVD extras.
The day we forget the horror, Sam, we will repeat it. Never forget your past. It will make you less human, less than human.
When I prepare, then I become pregnant... and then I produce. When I produce, then I praise the Lord... and then I become prosperous and then the cycle repeats!
Nowadays, a simple faulty brake light traffic stop, can get a black person killed. It's better to fix the broken light bulb, then having to face and cooperate with a senseless police officer.
The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself
Human history seems to me to be one long story of people sweeping down—or up, I suppose—replacing other people in the process.
Disregard for the past will never do us any good. Without it we cannot know truly who we are.
I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assume, progressed a great deal over the millennia. Human technology? Of course. Human beings? Hardly.
War without end. Well, what was history without that? And how would having the stars change anything?
...but the power of spilled blood overwhelmed the good intentions of those who wanted to end the violence.
Rumo!" said Rumo. "That's right!" Smyke exclaimed. "You Rumo, me Smyke." "You Rumo, me Smyke." Rumo repeated eagerly. "No, no." Smyke chuckled.