All history must be mobilized if one would understand the present.
History may be divided into three movements: what moves rapidly, what moves slowly and what appears not to move at all.
The mere smell of cooking can evoke a whole civilization.
The earth is, like our own skin, fated to carry the scars of ancient wounds.
Leadership of a world-economy is an experience of power which may blind the victor to the march of history.
Happiness, whether in business or private life, leaves little trace in history.