Ernst Troeltsch famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • History is not history unless it is the truth.

  • A land without ruins is a land without memories - a land without memories is a land without history.

  • The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.

  • The degree of blessing enjoyed by any man will correspond exactly with the completeness of God's victory over him.

  • Everything is relative except relatives, and they are absolute.

  • Everything is relative; and only that is absolute.

  • History within itself cannot be transcended. ... In history itself there are only relative victories.

  • We who are interested in relative truth have to keep digging for it and not let ourselves be sucked under.

  • Set measurable goals, measure relative to competition.

  • There is no conflict in the absolute universe, but there is conflict in the relative world.