Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them, or just 8 percent of recorded history. Chris Hedges
We humans appear on the cosmic calendar so recently that our recorded history occupies only the last few seconds of the last minute of December 31st. Carl Sagan
It's vital as we postulate and work toward exploration and human settlement beyond Earth. I like to think of the possibilities of sustaining humanity's continuum, with preserved recorded history way beyond the life of our Sun. Vanna Bonta
... no such individual would find the Golden Rule surprising in any way because at its base lies the foundation of most human interactions and exchanges and it can be found in countless texts throughout recorded history and from around the world--a testimony to its universality. Michael Shermer
I'm not a chauvinist. I'm a universalist. I think that God imploded, like a spiritual big bang, to launch the eight civilizations that make up recorded history and the religions in those civilizations. Huston Smith
The pending direction of society rests more than any time in recorded history on the fulcrum of a human finger. Vanna Bonta