Historical Continuity
History is always personal—never more so than for those who find theirs is written by the enemy. It strips the defeated and the displaced of their dignity. It is a posthumous insult
Author: A. A. GillTopics: Always, Dignity, Historical Continuity, History, History of World Culture, Hitting, Instructions, Insult
It was like a page torn from a history book, from some historical novel about the captivity of babylon or Spanish Inquisition.
Author: Elie Wiesel
Topics: Capabilities, Capacity, Education, Historical Continuity, History, History of World Culture, Hit, Lightning, Like, Like me, Novel
I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement
Author: Angela DavisTopics: Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Historical Continuity, History, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Motivates, Motivational, Think, Thoughts, Work
From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.
Author: Aldous HuxleyTopics: Ability, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Himself, Historical Continuity, History, Inspirational, Learn, Learning, Life, Life Cycle, Meaningful, Metaphysical, Passion, Passionate