#history

Muhammad adhered meticulously to the charter he forged for Medina, which - grounded as it was in the Quranic injunction, "Let there be no compulsion in religion" (2:256) - is arguably the first mandate for religious tolerance in human history. ↗

— Huston Smith

#christian #compassion #death #discipline #earth

Whatever can be noted historically can be found within history. ↗

— Martin Heidegger

#historically #history #noted #whatever #within

Unlike any other time in our history, we have to know that staying in school and getting an education is the most important thing you can do. ↗

— Alexis Herman

#education #getting #history #important #important thing

I think that's not a question that one can answer accurately. I read a whole range of books, quite a lot of history at the time, and still do read a lot. I read very widely. ↗

— John Hume

#answer #books #history #i #i think

The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society. ↗

— Claudio Hummes

#church #does #exercise #exist #govern

You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch. ↗

— George M. Humphrey

#chicken #hen #lunch #morning #one morning

The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be admitted except those of which we know the principle. ↗

— James Hutton

#admitted #employed #except #explained #globe

We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#forces #historical #history #merely #nor

I'm quite good at taking in information so I voraciously inhale Wikipedia - which may have some things wrong in it, but I think is generally more information than we had before. Last tour we didn't have Wikipedia. And then Discovery Channel and History Channel. I can take it in and retain what I think are the most important facts. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#channel #discovery #facts #generally #good

I'm not giving up my history and what I've done in my music because I love it and I'm very proud of it. I just want to open it up for more people. ↗

— LL Cool J

#done #giving #giving up #history #i