It has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have labored, and others have, without labor, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits.

History does nothing, possesses no enormous wealth, fights no battles. It is rather man, the real, living man, who does everything, possesses, fights. It is not History, as if she were a person apart, who uses men as a means to work out her purposes, but history itself is nothing but the activity of men pursuing their purposes.

Worms have played a more important part in the history of the world than humans would at first suppose.

The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a percentage, is at all-time low.

The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.

The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes.