Effort Quote by Mason Cooley

History is nothing but a problem of mechanics applied to psychology.

— Hippolyte Taine

Humankind's constant effort to fix its shortcomings is what drives human history.

— Joel Garreau

Historians are presumed to be unable to "do psychology," which is "mystical" anyway, so they are forced to accept the most "rational" explanations... "and…

— Lloyd deMause

Psychology has a long past, but only a short history.

— Anonymous

History goes out of control almost as often as nature does.

— Mason Cooley

“Psychology has a long past, yet its real history is short.”

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

History has to move in a certain direction, even if it has to be pushed that way by neurotics.

— George Orwell

“...history is a selection process - it chooses moments and events, and even people - it hands them a situation that they shouldn't be…

— Brad Meltzer

History is the discovering of the principles of human nature.

— David Hume

History is an accumulation of error.

— Norman Cousins

History unfolds itself by strange and unpredictable paths. We have little control over the future; and none at all over the past.

— Winston Churchill

Unlike memory, which confirms and reinforces itself, history contributes to the disenchantment of the world.

— Tony Judt