History Quotes

"To understand how an event came to occur, one must study the history of human thought."

"The best way to understand an event is to see how it was covered by the media."

"History teaches us about the consequences of our choices."

"History shows us that today's certainties become tomorrow's curiosities."

"The practice of science is deeply embedded in its historical context."

"The past looks different when viewed through a new paradigm."

"The history of science is littered with 'obvious' truths that were dead wrong."

"The history of science is the history of changing worlds, not of approaches to one fixed world."

"History requires perpetual revision to accommodate new understanding."

"Writing is a strange invention. The peoples of the world can be divided into those who use writing and those who do not."

"The past is never truly past; it lives in our present."

"Culture is humanity's collective memory."

"The past and present are always in dialogue."

"History shows that progress requires challenging established authority."

"History is written by those in power, which is why we must rewrite it constantly."

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."

"History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes."

"To understand society, one must understand its history, for we are the products of our past."

"History teaches those willing to learn from it."

"Copernicanism made few converts for almost a century after Copernicus. Why? In part because it was harder to use; extra circles were required to produce Ptolemaic accuracy."

"No single author before the sixteenth century wrote a chemistry text."

"Before the Scientific Revolution, the natural world was seen through theological lenses almost entirely."

"The historian's task is not to defend paradigms but to understand how they have functioned."

"History reveals the persistence of some paradigms and the vulnerability of others."

"The history of science is not a progression toward truth, but a succession of paradigm shifts."

"The learned tradition is not self-supporting; it requires the unselfconscious activities of human beings."

"The great ages have not preserved the balanced judgment."

"In each age of the world distinct ideas have ruled."

"To understand the present, you must understand the past."

"Nationalism is the most powerful force in the modern world, for better and worse."