Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

Author: H. G. Wells

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If you fell down yesterday stand up today.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past, so that we can live our dreams.

Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries.

Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.