Quotes by History One of the things that has to be faced is the process of waiting to change the system, how much we have got to do to find out who we are, where we have come from and where we are going. Ella Baker african-americanwaitinghistory History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another. Ellsworth Huntington mensciencehistory History is nothing but a procession of false Absolutes, a series of temples raised to pretexts, a degradation of the mind before the Improbable. Emile M. Cioran degradationmindhistory Through the centuries, the history of peoples is but a lesson in mutual tolerance. Emile Zola tolerancelessonshistory History proves nothing because it contains everything. Emile M. Cioran provehistory In prison we are their jailers On trial their judges Persecuted their punishers Dead their conquerors Eoin MacNeill judgingtrialshistory All Cretans are liars. Epimenides liarshistory The greater the Difficulty the more Glory in surmounting it, and the loss of false Joys secures to us a much better Possession of real ones. Epicurus greekinspirationalhistory Death is nothing to us: for that which is dissolved is without sensation; and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us. Epicurus philosophyhistoryart A new future requires a new past. Eric Foner new-futurehistorypast Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it. Eric Hobsbawm historypeoplepast The first humans to come to Canada were the Indians. There is some mystery as to where the Indians came from. Some experts say that they came from the same place as the Eskimo. This doesn't help much because nobody knows where the Eskimo came from either. (Except the Eskimo, and they aren't talking.) Eric Nicol canadatalkinghistory Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves. Eric Hoffer literaturefaithhistory Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. Eric Hoffer philosophyhistoryart The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle. Eric Hoffer politicalgameshistory The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present. Ernest Dimnet historicalhistorypast We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. Erich Fromm connectionsgrowthhistory The talent of historians lies in their creating a true ensemble out of facts which are but half true. Ernest Renan creatinglyinghistory Getting its history wrong is part of being a nation. Ernest Renan nationshistory History is as much an art as a science. Ernest Renan historyart«1819202122232425262728»
