Development and history

Development                                                          [734 - 1614]

Time is the greatest reformer.

The future comes by itself, progress does not.

The future is not what it used to be.

In general, almost everything was worse in the old days.

Prediction is always difficult, especially about the future.

Progress is the work of the discontented.

Uncertainty and dissatisfaction are the first prerequisites for progress.

The world evolves by accomplishing things that seemed impossible.

All development begins in chaos.

All great discoveries are made by mistake.

Nothing that evolves follows its original plan.

Without deviating from the path, there is no progress.

Progress usually means speed and not direction.

A rational person adapts to the world. An irrational person tries to adapt the world to his wishes. Therefore all progress depends on the irrational man.

When we can no longer change the situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

Dissatisfaction is the first step to progress and improvement.

The basic characteristics of humanity is to learn from one's mistakes, not from examples.

The collision of two different doctrines is not a disaster, - It is an opportunity.

The true journey of discovery does not consist in seeking new points of view, but in seeing with new eyes.

The minority are the ones who are always wrong - in the beginning.

A decision that you cannot change is a bad decision.

There is nothing permanent, except changes.

The worst thing many of us humans know are changes.

Nothing is permanent, except changes. Nothing is more permanent than death.

The world and conditions are best and most permanently improved through few and small changes at a time. Several big changes at once usually lead to big failures.

The main abilities of us humans, which have a devastating effect on life here on earth, are our intelligence and ability to cooperate.

Our generation is burning up all the oil, gas and a lot of coal, which is heating up the Earth's climate. The oil will not be enough for our descendants, but they do not need to freeze.

Seen from the moon, human achievements on Earth look like a serious skin disease.

All ends are also a new beginning. We just don't know that at the moment.

History

History proves nothing, but shows a lot.

History is a collection of things that could have been avoided.

We judge the past according to justice, the present according to our own advantages.

History is a natural science that studies such events, which happened only once.

History is the version of the past that people have agreed upon.

History does not repeat itself - only historians repeat themselves.

When you have removed all the lies from the history books, they become incredibly boring

Not even God can do what historians can: change history.

History is never written by anyone but the winners.

Our only duty to history is to rewrite it.

The most important merit of a historian is not ingenuity.

Historical material can be highly flammable.

Most autobiographies are the sum of authors life's lies.

Writing an autobiography is the best way for you to tell the truth about other people.

An autobiography usually reveals nothing unfavorable about the author, apart from his poor memory.

The dominant ideas during different periods have always been the ideas of the ruling classes.

Misery is the constant scourge of the lower classes, and the boredom of the upper classes.

People's most terrible cruelties have proven to be a solid belief in the correctness of the false belief.

Kill a person, you are a murderer. Kill millions, you are the conqueror. Kill everyone, you are God.

History has taught that people and nations behave rationally only when all other possibilities have been exhausted.

All the revolutions so far have proved only one thing, namely that a lot can be changed, but not people.

What history has taught us is this. That people and governments have never learned anything from history.

[Kehitys ja historia]