He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.

- Leopold Von Ranke

Most humans recognize their ruin, but they carry on regardless.

- Leopold Von Ranke

You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to…

- Leopold Von Ranke

To history has been assigned the office of judging the past, of instructing the present for the benefit of future ages. To such high offices this wor…

- Leopold Von Ranke

In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined.

- Leopold Von Ranke

All ages are equidistant from eternity, and just as immediately accessible to God's presence.

- Leopold Von Ranke

Calvin was virtually the founder of America.

- Leopold Von Ranke

It is striking how history, when resting on the memory of men, always touches the bounds of mythology.

- Leopold Von Ranke

History is no criminal court

- Leopold Von Ranke