“Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.”– Henry Adams Related Quotes “There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.”– Theodore Roosevelt “History is written by the victors.”– Winston Churchill “Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, I’m optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history.”– Jared Diamond