Skip to content

Change Quote by Marc Bloch

“History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It…” quote by Marc Bloch — Download Open image

“History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are ever exactly alike, because the conditions from which they spring are never identical.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (4 ratings)

Change Conditions Essentials Events History Identical Impossible Knows Science Spring Two

More by Marc Bloch

The ABC of our profession is to avoid these large abstract terms in order to try to discover behind them the only concrete realities,…

Image

“Similarly, when it is not the past that we are studying, but some set of phenomena relating to a principle still active, we expect…

Image

The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his…

Image

“Hitler kept the truth from his servile masses. Instead of intellectual persuasion he gave them emotional suggestion.”

Image

“When it is a question of ascertaining whether or not some human act has really taken place, [historians] cannot be too painstaking. If they…

Image

“The very names we use to describe ancient ideas or vanished forms of social organization would be quite meaningless if we had not known…

Image

The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines.

Image

“No doubt they thought that by allowing themselves to become martyrs to their nerves they were giving proof of a fine stoicism, just as…

Image

But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.

Image

Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge.

Image

The nature of our intelligence is such that it is stimulated far less by the will to know than by the will to understand.

Image

Explore all 12 Marc Bloch quotes

More Change quotes

Only within yourself exists the other reality for which you long. I can give you nothing that has not already its being within yourself.…

Image

Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.

Image

I can't believe that I'm sitting in meetings with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Annette Bening. I want to take on that responsibility to…

Roger Ross Williams

Image

“…progress isn't necessarily about change but about things turning out as we want them to”

Image

Nobody can tell me that no changes are necessary in Washington.

Image

If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding…

Image

Your world will change whether or not you choose to change, but you have the power to choose it's direction.

Image

I hope I continue to evolve.

Charlotte Flair

Image

“Stay focused on bringing people together and more on positive messaging so that you can be the change you wish to see in the…

Image

The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the…

Image

“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not…

Image

You practice mindfulness, on the one hand, to be calm and peaceful. On the other hand, as you practice mindfulness and live a life…

Image

Browse all 31,414 Change quotes