#History

"She supposed they were imperfections, those marks, but they didn't feel that way to her; they were a history, cut into his body: the map of a life of endless war."

"No matter what your history has been, your destiny is what you create today. What are you going to create?"

"Your friends can be double-edged knife thy can either nurture you or destroy you. Choose them Wisely......"

"This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past."

"It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich culture of African-Americans."

"Sina jinsi. Nguzo ya maisha yangu ni historia ya maisha yangu. Historia ya maisha yangu ni urithi wa watu waliojifunza kusema hapana kwa ndiyo nyingi – waliojitolea vitu vingi katika maisha yao kunifikisha hapa nilipo leo – walionifundisha falsafa ya kushindwa si hiari. Siri ya mafanikio yangu ni kujitahidi kwa kadiri ya uwezo wangu wote; au 'pushing the envelope' kwa lugha ya kigeni."

"Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language."

"There are certain mortal moments and minutes that matter. Certain hingepoints in the history of each human. Some seconds are so decisive they shrink the soul, while others are spent, so as to stretch the soul."

"Much of what we call History is the success stories of madmen."

"The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public."

"Do you think we can be friends?” I asked.He stared up at the ceiling. “Probably not, but we can pretend."

"History develops, art stands still."

"I never feel lonely if I've got a book - they're like old friends. Even if you're not reading them over and over again, you know they are there. And they're part of your history. They sort of tell a story about your journey through life."

"When a man learns to love, he must bear the risk of hatred."

"How was life before Pop-Tarts, Prozac and padded playgrounds? They ate strudel, took opium and played on the grass."

"Those who understand history are condemned to watch other idiots repeat it."

"Man is not a machine that can be remodelled for quite other purposes as occasion demands, in the hope that it will go on functioning as regularly as before but in a quite different way. He carries his whole history with him; in his very structure is written the history of mankind."

"I caught his hand. “What do you want me to do?”Leaning down, he kissed the pulse beating on my neck just above the damaged skin. “Tomorrow, I need you to die."

"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."

"The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.”(Analects 2.11)"