I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in read more

It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand read more

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 read more

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.