History is a strange experience. The world is quite small now; but history is large and deep. Sometimes you can go much farther by sitting in your own home and reading a book of history, than by getting onto a ship or an airplane and traveling a thousand miles.
Gilbert HighetA period of high civilization is one in which thoughts fly freely from mind to mind, from one country to another-yes, from the past into the present.
Gilbert HighetWherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind of teaching. We are all pupils and we are all teachers.
Gilbert Highet