Ludwig von Mises Quotes

Man has now become an adjunct to perfect and carry forward these conquests.

Man, in the collective sense, is the hero of science. Man, in the collective sense, is the hero of Earth.

The only progress which is really effective depends, not upon the bounty of nature, but upon the energy of man.

In all known time there has never been a greater monster or miracle than the human being.

I don't care how big and fast computers are, they're not as big and fast as the world.

The human race has improved everything, but the human race.

Is the human race a universal constructor?

If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving with the growth of knowledge from small wandering tribes to large settled law.

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades.

The Nobel Prizes are much more than awards to scholars; they are a celebration of civilization, of mankind, and of what makes humans unique - that is their intellect from which springs creativity.

I believe that evolution is a true account of nature, but I think we should try to escape it or transcend it in our society.

But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition.

The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

Civilization develops man, and if he is, according to his whole character and destiny, made for development, civilization is his truly natural state …

Civilization has been a permanent dialogue between human beings and water.

It is common to think of our own time as standing on the apex of human history.

Therein lies the greatness of man. Fear is never allowed to dominate that desire for greater knowledge and as long as mankind retains that spirit we will move forward.

I think almost everything about humans and human civilization is explained better by evolution than anything else.

Man is such an amazing animal, and the possibilities are infinite for each person.

The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented. It was man's ability to invent which has made human society what it is.

All that is great in man comes through work; and civilization is its product.