"The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom."

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Source : Gertrude Himmelfarb (1995). “On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society”, Vintage

Gertrude Himmelfarb

#Real Quotes #Movement Quotes #Matter Quotes

“I've made it a policy to move every five years, either physically or in my research.”
“Hitler was an avid reader, a passion that stayed with him through all the phases of his career.”
“Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.”
“To women silence gives their proper grace.”
“Justice is the truth in action.”
“The Air Corps . . . does not, at this time, feel justified in obligating . . . funds for basic jet propulsion research and experimentation.”
“The thing about the truth is that it exists outside of belief. Even if nobody believes it, that thing is still true.”
“We persist and linger longer than we think, leaving traces of ourselves wherever we go. If you take that away, then we all simply vanish.”

Source : Dinaw Mengestu (2010). “How to Read the Air”, p.66, Penguin

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