Writing, truth-telling to one another, is an act of hope-making when hope is hardest found. What place have we in our histories except the present.

Cipher: Qasar Khan.
Jakob: What?
Cipher: Genghis Khan’s little brother. Nobody’s heard of him either.

Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.

Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.

I don’t know how he does it but every woman he meets is crazy. He will get rid of one crazy woman but he never gets any relief — another crazy moves right in with him. It’s only after they move in and begin acting more than strange that they admit to him that they’ve done madhouse time or that their families have a long history of mental illness.

Vince: He’s got no call bein’ up there, you don’t know that fool for shit!
Leon: Yeah he’s right, Dom.
Dom: Vince there was a time when I didn’t know you!
Vince: That was in the third grade!

The history of melancholia includes all of us.

Revelation announces that God is still in control and that he will conclude this stage of history the way he has promised.

Our battle ended five hundred years ago!

God can change your story so that throughout history, His Glory may be revealed.

I’m in class, so teach me. And teach me he did: In those fifty minutes, the Old Man made me take religion seriously. I’d never been religious, but he told us that religion is important whether or not we believed in one, the same way that historical events are important whether or not you personally lived through them.

“Hey Pudge,” the Colonel said. “What do you think of a truce?”
“It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge,” I said. “I guess I’d say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts.”

I lost almost all the blood in my body in 1957.

Joan of Arc had style. Jesus had style.

We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men’s crapper of the local bar.

History doesn’t talk about quitters.

. . . your history is no less important to your survival than your ability to breathe. In the end, you can only determine whether to saturate your memories with pain or with perspective. Forgetting is not an option. I tell you the truth now: Pain was not God’s plan for this life. It is a reality, but it is not a part of the plan.

I believe that history should be taught in a different way. History definitely should be taught the way it happened — good, bad or ugly. History is sacred. For me history is a foundation and the truth.

If you really think about it, if we begin to teach history exactly the way that it happened – good, bad, ugly, no matter what – I believe that we’re going to find that we are closer, more connected than we are apart.

I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.

John Glenn’s life will long be remembered for his time in space, his courage, and his service to all Americans.

Trucking since 1954.

Most scholars agree that there are more than three hundred Old Testament prophecies that predicted the coming of the Messiah. When you read them and then compare those to events recorded in the New Testament that are obvious fulfillments of the prophecies, it’s truly amazing to see God’s plan revealed.

With all your background, a person like you should never settle for less, fight for your right.

History is a vision of God’s creation on the move.

In truth, no men on earth can cheer like Englishmen, who do so rally one another’s blood and spirit when they cheer in earnest, that the stir is like the rush of their whole history, with all its standards waving at once, from Saxon Alfred’s downwards.

The reasons are likely rooted in religion. Playing around with God’s creation is simply not allowed. Incidentally, in the past it was precisely the deeply religious people who said: Of course we’re playing with God’s creation, in fact we’re perfecting it. This sort of thinking is frowned upon today.

I do no think human beings ever came through such a month as we have…We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.

Many moons ago the white man stole their land, so they’re instantly gonna have a hatred for you. I want you to keep Dakota by your side, and never show ’em an ounce of fear—one day, you can gain their respect.

If you’ve got something you want to say, then just say it. You can save us a lot of time with this f**kin’ pointless history lesson in this goddamn creepy, uninmpressive, f**kin’ hall. I don’t like it in here. It’s gross.

In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped.

Aerodynamics, zero fu** given since 1941.

If I had to choose, I mean historically, I’ve always considered myself to be a tit man.