All invention and progress comes from finding a link between two ideas that have never met.
Theodore ZeldinEach person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this puzzle.
Theodore ZeldinThe kind of conversation I like is one in which you are prepared to emerge a slightly different person.
Theodore ZeldinOne of the great ambitions is to discover the diversity of the world, to discover who inhabits the world.
Theodore ZeldinThe Renaissanceโฆ was based on a new idea of the importance of the individual. But this was a fragile foundation, because individuals depended on constant applause and admiration to sustain them. There is a shortage of applause in the world, and there is not enough respect to go around.
Theodore Zeldin