Historians exercise great power and some of them know it. They recreate the past, changing it to fit their own interpretations. Thus, they change the future as well.

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.

Clinging to any form of conservatism can be dangerous. Become too conservative and you are unprepared for surprises. You cannot depend on luck. Logic is blind and often knows only its own past. Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival.

I'm going to rub your faces in things you try to avoid. I don't find it strange that all you want to believe is only that which comforts you. How else do humans invent the traps which betray us into mediocrity? How else do we define cowardice?

Men always fear things which move by themselves.

When you think you know something: that is a most perfect barrier against learning.

Atrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity.