“The subject of history is the life of peoples and of humanity. To catch and pin down in words—that is, to describe directly the life, not only of humanity, but even of a single people, appears to be impossible.Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy
“To arrive where you are, to get from where you are not, You must go by a way wherein there is no ecstasy. In order to arrive at what you do not know You must go by the way which is the way of ignorance. T. S. Eliot
“When you walk through a storm Keep your head up high And don’t be afraid of the dark. At the end of the storm Is a golden sky And the sweet, silver song of a lark. Oscar Hammerstein (II)
“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. T. S. Eliot