"The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler." ― Franz Kafka Topic(s): History Tags: history, mankind More From Franz Kafka "You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid." "In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it." "The relationship to one’s fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is from prayer that one draws the strength for one’s striving." More In History "It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise."― Henry A. Kissinger "Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life."― Stephen Ambrose "Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor."― Arnold J. Toynbee