A 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 HighetMany people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death.
Gilbert HighetMany of the twisted minds and crippled characters in the world were made by careless parents who kept their children away from knives and fires, but put permanent scars on their souls.
Gilbert HighetHistory 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 Highet