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“Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.”
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“So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to put an end to a deliberation. But for a historian, theres never an end to the past. It can go on and on and on.”
Source : "Sh'ma, Volume 34, Issue 607 - Volume 36, Issue 626". Book edited by J. Jakobovits, 2004.
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“Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.”
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“In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.”
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“The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round.”
Source : "The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939". Book by A. J. P. Taylor, 1957.
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“The past actually happened. History is what someone took the time to write down.”
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“The brain is not an organ to be relied upon.”
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“Do rewards motivate people? Absolutely. They motivate people to get rewards.”
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“Knowledge is telling the past. Wisdom is predicting the future.”
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“Foresight is not about predicting the future, it's about minimizing surprise.”
