Accepting Quote by Albert Camus

Purely historical thought is therefore nihilistic: it wholeheartedly accepts the evil of history and in this way is opposed to rebellion.

— Albert Camus

It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are…

— Simon Conway Morris

“History has taught us that the nature of man is evil, sublimely so. Good is not perfectible, but evil is. Why should you not…

— Elizabeth Kostova

What I am is a thinking, feeling human being compelled by history.

— Avery Brooks

One of the things I know from the study of history is that history surprises you. History is not written. It's not inevitable.The victory…

— Salman Rushdie

I think that historical processes have meaning and that we have to accept this - or else face utter despair.

— Rene Girard

Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being…

— Terry Pratchett

Human history is not the battle of good struggling to overcome evil. It is a battle fought by a great evil struggling to crush…

— Vasily Grossman

The world has always needed human beings who refuse to believe that history is nothing but a dull, monstrous selfrepetition, a selfperpetuating, meaningless game,…

— Stefan Zweig

History is the most dangerous product which the chemistry of the mind has concocted. Its properties are well known. It produces dreams and drunkenness.…

— Paul Valery

Because history is only an aggregate of personal hostilities, personal prejudices, personal blindness and irrationality, there are times when we have to live against…

— Anais Nin

The case against the notion of historical objectivity is like the case against international law, or international morality; that it does not exist.

— Isaiah Berlin