Quotes About Reflection

History's a resource.

History does not so much repeat as echo, I suppose.

This is not a museum of tragedy. It is not the museum of difficult moments. It is the museum that says -here is a balanced history of America that allows us to cry and smile.

Advice to Persons About to Write History - Don't.

History is not hatred.

I'm the type that thinks if you don't learn from history, you're doomed to repeat it.

History doesn't repeat itself; it rhymes.

History may not repeat, but it often rhymes.

Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.

Do not boast because you have beliefs; don't forget that hundreds of absurd beliefs in the history are totally disappeared!

You don't realize 'till you get here what a moment in history you're a part of.

I sometimes lie awake at night and try to imagine what would be the best period in history to spend one's seventy-odd years.

One of the reasons we do history, in fact, is because it acts as a brake, a control, on our otherwise unbridled enthusiasm for our own ideas.

you don't need to go that far in the future, you just have to go 2000 years ago,

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

The historical sense involves a perception not only of the pastness of the past but of its presence.

History is the preceptor of prudence, not principles.

To tell a ghost story means being willing to be haunted.

To articulate what is past does not mean to recognize "how it really was." It means to take control of a memory, as it flashes in a moment of danger.

Don't brood on what's past but never forget it either.

Regard for the past only extends to its outward forms.

Memories are nice, but dreams are better.

I have a very strong sense that we only know where we are by looking clearly at where we've come from.

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.