History Quotes

मानव प्रगति की दिशा और गति masses (जनसमूह) पर निर्भर नहीं करती है, भले ही उनकी संख्या करोड़ों में हो; वे श्रेष्ठ अल्पसंख्यकों पर निर्भर करते हैं।

The direction and rhythm of human progress do not depend on the masses, even when they add up to hundreds of millions; they depend on superior minorities.

The direction and rhythm of human progress do not depend on the masses, even when they add up to hundreds of millions; they depend on superior minorities.

कर्नल कूम्स द्वारा दक्षिण भारत के एक गुफा-मंदिर के उत्कीर्ण स्तंभ से लाया गया एक चित्र, अमृत वृक्ष के पाद में खड़े पहले जोड़े को दर्शाता है, और भारी-भरकम लदे हुए फलदार पेड़ों के बीच एक सांप लिपटा हुआ है जो अपने मुंह से उन्हें फल दे रहा है।

A drawing, brought by Colonel Coombs, from a sculptured column in a cave-temple in the South of India, represents the first pair at the foot of the ambrosial tree, and a serpent entwined among the heavily-laden boughs, presenting to them some of the fruit from his mouth.

A drawing, brought by Colonel Coombs, from a sculptured column in a cave-temple in the South of India, represents the first pair at the foot of the ambrosial tree, and a serpent entwined among the heavily-laden boughs, presenting to them some of the fruit from his mouth.

एक बेहद दिलचस्प यात्रा वृत्तांत में एक अन्य चौंकाने वाली घटना का जिक्र मिलता है, जो नूबिया के इप्समबुल के भव्य मंदिर में उकेरे गए हमारे आदि माता-पिता के पतन के एक चित्र से संबंधित है। उनका कहना है कि ईडन गार्डन के उस गुफा-मंदिर में आदम और हव्वा का बहुत ही सटीक चित्रण देखने को मिलता है। वहां पेड़ के इर्द-गिर्द लिपटा हुआ सांप विशेष तौर पर दर्शाया गया है और हमारे आदि माता-पिता को प्रलोभन देने की पूरी कथा को बेहद बारीकी से उकेरा गया है।

Another striding instance is recorded by the very intelligent traveler regarding a representation of the fall of our first parents, sculptured in the magnificent temple of Ipsambul in Nubia. He says that a very exact representation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is to be seen in that cave, and that the serpent climbing round the tree is especially delineated, and the whole subject of the tempting of our first parents most accurately exhibited.

Another striding instance is recorded by the very intelligent traveler regarding a representation of the fall of our first parents, sculptured in the magnificent temple of Ipsambul in Nubia. He says that a very exact representation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is to be seen in that cave, and that the serpent climbing round the tree is especially delineated, and the whole subject of the tempting of our first parents most accurately exhibited.

रीवरेंड आर. टेलर, एम.ए., जो एक डीइस्ट (ईश्वरवादी) हैं और इन दिनों जेल में बंद हैं, व्हिग पार्टी द्वारा अपने धार्मिक विचारों के कारण बेरहमी से प्रताड़ित किए गए हैं। उन्होंने डीइज़्म पर अपनी विद्वत्तापूर्ण पुस्तक 'डाइजेसिस' में यह स्पष्ट रूप से साबित कर दिया है कि ईसाइयों की तमाम पदानुक्रमित संस्थाएं मिस्र के इसेनियन लोगों की संस्थाओं की हूबहू नकल हैं।

[T]he Rev. R. Taylor, A.M., the Deist, now in gaol, infamously persecuted by the Whigs for his religious opinions, in his learned defense of Deism called the Diegesis, has clearly proved all the heirarchical institutions of the Christians to be a close copy of those of the Essenians of Egypt.

[T]he Rev. R. Taylor, A.M., the Deist, now in gaol, infamously persecuted by the Whigs for his religious opinions, in his learned defense of Deism called the Diegesis, has clearly proved all the heirarchical institutions of the Christians to be a close copy of those of the Essenians of Egypt.

मेरा मुँह कोई प्रार्थना की किताब नहीं है, लेकिन मेरा नज़रिया यह है कि मैं इन चीज़ों की लत को एक चिकित्सीय (मेडिकल) समस्या के रूप में देखता हूँ और इसके साथ उसी हिसाब से पेश आऊंगा। संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका में नशीली दवाओं के नियंत्रण की नीति के इतिहास के बारे में मैं जितना भी थोड़ा-बहुत जानता हूँ, उससे मुझे यही लगता है कि एक बेहद अहम मोड़ तब आया था जब इस मामले में वकीलों ने डॉक्टरों को पछाड़ दिया था।

My mouth is no prayer book, but my view is, I'd view addiction to these substances as a medical problem and I would treat it accordingly. What little I know about the history of drug control policy in the United States leaves me thinking that a hugely important moment came when the lawyers win out over the doctors on this matter.

My mouth is no prayer book, but my view is, I'd view addiction to these substances as a medical problem and I would treat it accordingly. What little I know about the history of drug control policy in the United States leaves me thinking that a hugely important moment came when the lawyers win out over the doctors on this matter.

संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है, दुनिया की सभ्यता की प्रक्रिया में वह ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा महत्वपूर्ण है। अमेरिका जैसी स्थापित व्यवस्था को हिलाना या उसमें कोई बदलाव लाना बहुत मुश्किल है।

The United States is very important, too important in the civilizational process of the world. It's difficult to move, to make a difference in establishments like the one the US represents.

The United States is very important, too important in the civilizational process of the world. It's difficult to move, to make a difference in establishments like the one the US represents.

यदि आप द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध के बाद के इतिहास को देखें, तो औसतन, यदि फेडरल फंड की दरों में 100 आधार अंकों की वृद्धि होती है, तो 10-वर्षीय बॉन्ड पर इसका असर केवल 35 आधार अंक और 30-वर्षीय बॉन्ड पर 25 आधार अंक होता है - यह प्रभाव काफी कम है।

If you look back historically at the post-WWII period on average, if you get a 100-basis-point increase in Fed funds, the spillover to the ten-year is only 35 basis points, and 25 basis points into the 30-year - it's a fairly small spillover effect.

If you look back historically at the post-WWII period on average, if you get a 100-basis-point increase in Fed funds, the spillover to the ten-year is only 35 basis points, and 25 basis points into the 30-year - it's a fairly small spillover effect.

बीजिंग इसका एक उदाहरण है, जहाँ ओलंपिक के लिए परिवारों को उजाड़ दिया गया था। लगभग 10,000 परिवारों को वहाँ से हटाना पड़ा था।

Beijing is an example of [families were displaced for the Olympics]. Something like 10,000 families were moved out.

Beijing is an example of [families were displaced for the Olympics]. Something like 10,000 families were moved out.

इतिहास, जो कल लिखा जाएगा... जिसे हमारे बच्चे पढ़ेंगे... जो उनका मार्गदर्शक बनेगा, वह आज हमारे किए गए कामों से लिखा जाता है। ज़िम्मेदारी का इससे बड़ा बुलावा मैंने कभी नहीं देखा।

History, that is to be written tomorrow ...to be read by our children ... to serve as their guide is written in our actions today. A greater call to responsibility I have not known.

History, that is to be written tomorrow ...to be read by our children ... to serve as their guide is written in our actions today. A greater call to responsibility I have not known.

उदारवादी और वामपंथी रोमांटवाद को प्रतिक्रियावादी कहकर गलत नहीं ठहराते, क्योंकि 1810 के बाद वह वाकई वैसा बन गया था। समस्या यह है कि वे इस वर्णन को पूरे आंदोलन पर लागू कर देते हैं, मानों रोमांटवाद अपने मूल रूप से ही प्रतिक्रियावादी रहा हो।

Liberals and leftists are not wrong in describing romanticism as reactionary, because it did indeed become that after 1810. The problem is that they make that description true of the movement as a whole, as if romanticism were essentially reactionary.

Liberals and leftists are not wrong in describing romanticism as reactionary, because it did indeed become that after 1810. The problem is that they make that description true of the movement as a whole, as if romanticism were essentially reactionary.

यह सारा रहस्यवाद उन शब्दों को समकालीन और काल-विरोधी अर्थ देने से पैदा होता है, जिनका ऐतिहासिक अर्थ हम भूल चुके हैं।

All the spookiness comes from giving a contemporary anachronistic sense to terms whose historical meaning is lost to us.

All the spookiness comes from giving a contemporary anachronistic sense to terms whose historical meaning is lost to us.

खुद को समझने के लिए हेगेल आज भी बहुत महत्वपूर्ण बने हुए हैं, लेकिन मुख्य रूप से इसलिए क्योंकि हम सब हेगेल के खिलाफ उठी प्रतिक्रिया के दौर से ही विकसित होकर आगे आए हैं।

Hegel remains of great importance to understand ourselves, but essentially because we have all grown out of a reaction against Hegel.

Hegel remains of great importance to understand ourselves, but essentially because we have all grown out of a reaction against Hegel.

यह इस बात का एक शानदार सबूत है कि हमारी परंपरा कितनी मज़बूत और प्रामाणिक है कि दुनिया के अलग-अलग हिस्सों से और अलग-अलग परिस्थितियों से आए हज़ारों नुस्खों (प्रतियों) में पाठ के फेरबदल महज़ ब्योरे या छोटी-मोटी बातों तक सीमित हैं, इसके मूल सार में कोई अंतर नहीं आया है।

It is indeed a striking proof of the essential soundness of the tradition that with which all these thousands of copies, tracing their ancestry back to so many different parts of the earth and to conditions of such diverse kinds, the variations of text are so entirely questions of detail, not of essential substance.

It is indeed a striking proof of the essential soundness of the tradition that with which all these thousands of copies, tracing their ancestry back to so many different parts of the earth and to conditions of such diverse kinds, the variations of text are so entirely questions of detail, not of essential substance.

निसंदेह एक पुराना कानून था जो व्यवस्थाविवरण (ड्यूटरॉमी) के सबसे शुरुआती रूप के पीछे मौजूद है। शायद वही खो गया था।

There was certainly an old law code which stands behind the earliest form of Deuteronomy. Presumably that is what was lost.

There was certainly an old law code which stands behind the earliest form of Deuteronomy. Presumably that is what was lost.

कहने का मतलब यह है कि एली [वीiesel] सार्वजनिक रूप से जो करते हैं, वह ग्रंथ की प्रेरणा और उसकी व्याख्या की समृद्धि है; और इतिहास में उनकी रुचि उनका अपना निजी मामला है। वह अच्छी तरह जानते हैं कि फ्रैंक [मूर क्रॉस] की तरह ग्रंथों की चीर-फाड़ करने में वे कोई विशेषज्ञ नहीं हैं।

That is to say, the inspiration, the interpretive richness of the text is what Elie [Wiesel] does publicly, and his interest in history is his private reserve; he knows that he is not an expert in dissecting the text the way Frank [Moore Cross] does.

That is to say, the inspiration, the interpretive richness of the text is what Elie [Wiesel] does publicly, and his interest in history is his private reserve; he knows that he is not an expert in dissecting the text the way Frank [Moore Cross] does.

इसके अलावा, मुझे लगता है कि न्यायकर्ताओं (जज) के दौर में वास्तव में 'फसह' (पासोवर) का पर्व मनाया जाता था, जिसमें केंद्रीय पवित्र स्थल पर बैठकर इस महाकाव्य का पाठ किया जाता था। सुलैमान के समय से 'सिंहासनारोहण उत्सव' की शुरुआत के साथ उस पुरानी परंपरा की जगह ले ली गई।

Furthermore, I think there was, in fact, a celebration of Passover in the era of the Judges in which the epic was recited in the context of the central sanctuary. That tradition was displaced by the Feast of Enthronement beginning in the Solomonic era.

Furthermore, I think there was, in fact, a celebration of Passover in the era of the Judges in which the epic was recited in the context of the central sanctuary. That tradition was displaced by the Feast of Enthronement beginning in the Solomonic era.

मैं चाहता हूँ कि लोग इथियोपिया के बारे में यह जानें कि यह कई राष्ट्रों और संस्कृतियों का देश है। यहाँ ओरोमो समुदाय के लोग बहुसंख्यक हैं। ओरोमो लोगों ने इथियोपिया के लिए हमेशा सब कुछ अच्छा किया है, फिर भी बरसों से उनकी उपेक्षा की जाती रही है।

What I want people to know about Ethiopia is that it is a country of nations and nationalities. Oromos are the majority. But Oromos have been so good to Ethiopia but have been marginalized for years.

What I want people to know about Ethiopia is that it is a country of nations and nationalities. Oromos are the majority. But Oromos have been so good to Ethiopia but have been marginalized for years.

पूरी दुनिया बगावत के मूड में है। जल्द ही दुनिया में केवल पाँच राजा बचेंगे - इंग्लैंड का राजा, हुकुम का राजा, चिड़ी का राजा, पान का राजा और ईंट का राजा।

The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left--the King of England, the King of Spades, The King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds.

The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left--the King of England, the King of Spades, The King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds.

बेशक, मैं आर्किटेक्ट तो नहीं बनी, लेकिन बाद में ईरान में मेरा वास्तुकारों से काफ़ी मेल-जोल रहा और चर्चाएँ हुईं। चूँकि ईरान विकास के दौर से गुजर रहा था, मेरा मानना ​​था कि हमें अपने अतीत को नष्ट करके पूरी तरह से पश्चिम की नकल नहीं करनी चाहिए, जो कि आज विकासशील देशों की सबसे बड़ी समस्या है।

Of course, I didn't become an architect, but later on in Iran, I had a lot of contact and discussions with architects because Iran was developing, and I felt we shouldn't destroy the past and copy completely the West, which is the problem in developing countries.

Of course, I didn't become an architect, but later on in Iran, I had a lot of contact and discussions with architects because Iran was developing, and I felt we shouldn't destroy the past and copy completely the West, which is the problem in developing countries.

मैं पुरानी इमारतों को बचाना चाहती थी, उन्हें गिराकर उनकी जगह नई इमारतें खड़ी नहीं करना चाहती थी।

I wanted to preserve the old buildings, not to destroy them and build something new.

I wanted to preserve the old buildings, not to destroy them and build something new.