Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.
E.H. GombrichStichwörter: reality
One never finishes learning about art. There are always new things to discover.
E.H. GombrichThink of it like this. If you are sad because you can't have something you want - maybe a book or a toy - you can do one of two things: you can do your best to get it, or you can stop wanting it. Either way, if you succeed, you won't be sad any more.
E.H. GombrichStichwörter: gombrich
But children grow up too, and they too must learn from history how easy it is for human beings to be transformed into inhuman beings through incitement and intolerance.
E.H. GombrichIt's bad idea to try to prevent people from knowing their own history. If you want to do anything new you must first make sure you know what people have tried before.
E.H. GombrichI know a wise Buddhist monk who, in a speech to his fellow countrymen, once said he'd love to know why someone who boasts that he is the cleverest, the strongest, the bravest or the most gifted man on earth is thought ridiculous and embarrassing, whereas if, instead of 'I', he says, 'we are the most intelligent, the strongest, the bravest and the most gifted people on earth', his fellow countrymen applaud enthusiastically and call him a patriot. For there is nothing patriotic about it. One can be attached to one's own country without needing to insist that the rest of the world's inhabitants are worthless. But as more and more people were taken in by this sort of nonsense, the menace to peace grew greater.
E.H. Gombrichيستطيع الإنسان أن يتعلق بوطنه من دون الحاجة إلى الإصرار على أن بقية سكان العالم لا قيمة لهم.
E.H. Gombrichأن تتعلم عن التاريخ من الكتب شئ، وأن تختبره بنفسك شئ آخر.
E.H. Gombrichمع اختلاط الشعوب على كوكبنا الصغير، يصبح احترامنا وتسامحنا مع بعض ضرورة ملحة، ليس لسبب أقل من أن التطورات التكنولوجية تقربنا أكثر فأكثر من بعضنا بعضاً.
E.H. Gombrichتخيل التاريخ وكأنه نهر، ونحن نطير بطائرة على ارتفاع كبير فوقه.
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