Compassion Quote by Zbigniew Herbert

“The experience of history should lead us to hope and strive to make the world better, not to despair and resign ourselves to fate.”

— Alan Beattie

“History reminds us of the inherent weakness in the human condition and the very real possibility that our fellow human beings are capable of…

— John Fea

“History permits us to be responsible: not for everything, but for something... History gives us the company of those who have done and suffered…

— Timothy Snyder

“History does not care about the suffering of the individual. Only the outcome of their struggles.”

— Alison Goodman

“The only antidote to the irreversibility of history is the faculty of forgiveness.”

— Hannah Arendt

“History foretells that when you give an ordinary person the wisdom of what is right and the dignity to follow his or her heart,…

— Dew Platt

“History permits us to be responsible: not for everything, but for something.”

— Timothy Snyder

“You're going to have to learn the kind of hope that makes things history. Otherwise there'll be no good hope for your own grand…

— Ali Smith

“History is not a dead thing or a sure thing. It lived with our choices and our dreams. It is the story of our…

— Joan Nestle

I turn to history not for lessons but to confront my experience with the experience of others and to win for myself a sense…

— Zbigniew Herbert

“What are the qualities of human greatness that create history? Every time, if we think far enough, it is an ability to look through…

— Jane Adams

“The actions of a single person can change the course of the world and create history.”

— Michael Scott