6,230 Quotes About History

Plato dramatically puts the detachment of the philosopher from his time this way: to philosophize is to prepare to die.

Tenderhearted people are silent sufferers they just learn the art to fly with broken wings.

I have always lived in a world in which I'm just a spot in history. My life is not the important point. I'm just part of the continuum, and that continuum, to me, is a marvelous thing. The history of life, and the history of the planet, should go on and on and on and on. I cannot conceive of anything in the universe that has more meaning than that."[Sheri S. Tepper: Speaking to the Universe, Locus Magazine, September 1998]

There's a story behind every "I don't believe in love""Period

The rate spread of EBOLA VIRUS in West Africa, is big tragedy. It is a fatal disease in the history of the world. Intensive education (formal and informal approaches) of the citizens of African can help prevent the spread. International cooperation is urgently needed to combat the EBOLA virus.

Our view of history diminishes the reality of the past. We concentrate on the historic event as something that has happened, and in so doing we ignore it as a moment which, at the time, is happening.

Its not your fault for not being there.Its my fault for thinking you would be

Past ages come to us in new ways. For instance, they bore or disturb us. The dead say things we would or could not say in ways that appall , bless, and startle us. Reading them is part of diversity. The easiest voices to ignore are those of the dead; nevertheless, they often on the ones we need most.

The most important subject in the curriculum in the future years will be how to love ourselves and be content.