#story

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. ↗

— David McCullough

#history #navigation #perilous #times #way

The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#inspirational #war #inspirational

Never lend if you need repayment; never give where you want a return. ↗

— Lindsey Davis

#inspirational #inspirational

A man who don't know history, he don't know anything. ↗

— Edward Johnston

#inspirational #inspirational

For every moment I smile, I've braved a thousand frowns. ↗

— Brian A. Brown

#my-life-story #real-life #inspirational

Each of us lives with a sword over his head. There are those who can ignore its shadow and those who cannot. Those who cannot are not necessarily better than those who can. But they are the creators of the special myth of their time, because any myth is the creation of the very few who cannot bear reality. ↗

— Murray Kempton

#activism-inspiration #american-history #ethics #myth #revolution

In the beginning was the word, and primitive societies venerated poets second only to their leaders. A poet had the power to name and so to control; he was, literally, the living memory of a group or tribe who would perpetuate their history in song; his inspiration was god given and he was in effect a medium. ↗

— Kevin Crossley-Holland

#language #poet #poetry #spoken #word

What is normal? Normal is yesterday and last week and last month taken together ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#important #inspiration #life #normal #what-happened

if reason ruled the world would history even exist? ↗

— Ryszard Kapuściński

#intelligence #logic #reason #intelligence

Cassia. I know which life is my real one now, no matter what happens. It’s the one with you. For some reason, knowing that even one person knows my story makes things different. Maybe it’s like the poem says. Maybe this is my way of not going gentle. I love you. (Ky Markham) ↗

— Ally Condie

#love #reason #story #strength #life