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If you want to study the social and political history of modern na

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell. – Thomas Merton

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We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us. – Thomas Merton

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October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every course in the catalogue looks wonderful. – Thomas Merton

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In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for finding himself. If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence. – Thomas Merton

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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. – B. C. Forbes

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Wars usually have the effect of speeding up the process of history. – Pieter Geyl, Debates With Historians

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One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. – James Buchan

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That great dust-heap called history. – Augustine Birrell

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Candor is a compliment it implies equality. Its how true friends talk. – Peggy Noonan

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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. – Saint Augustine

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In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you. – Victor Kiam

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Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once. – Lillian Dickson

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