I turn to history not for lessons but to confront my experience with the experience of others and to win for myself a sense of responsibility for the state of the human conscience.

Study the world's skin before you set out to look for its heart.

Be courageous when the mind deceives you Be courageous In the final account only this is important

The dead have need of fairy tales too.

I could write a treatise on the sudden transformation of life into archaeology

Even if we love someone very much, at times it happens that we forget about it.

I turn to history not for lessons but to confront my experience with the experience of others and to win for myself a sense of responsibility for the state of the human conscience.