85 quotes found
“Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.”
“The time is come," he spoke quietly. "Now, when lesser folk would wither, thou must be true to the blood of thine ancestors. Much greatness is bred in thee; accept now this terrible mantle and take...”
“There are things in life that science will never be able to see. We have to rely on what has been passed from our ancestors, generation to generation.”
“You are the fairy tale told by your ancestors.”
“Know the history of the great ancestors.”
“The wisdom of our ancestors is immortal.”
“It is so awkward that how our ancestors wasted their whole life and never thought about education or making difference for the future generations. My Grandfather lived more than a 100+ years, marri...”
“Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes. The soul passes hither and thither, occupying now this body, now that . . . As a wax is stamp...”
“How many infinite lives have been lived since man first had consciousness or awareness of his soul?And how many of those souls have stared up at the stars in wonder; pondered the meaning of their e...”
“I travel to the ancient world by reading ancient books.”
“Genealogy becomes a mania, an obsessive struggle to penetrate the past and snatch meaning from an infinity of names. At some point the search becomes futile there is nothing left to find, no meani...”
“The songs of our ancestors are also the songs of our children”
“We cannot shake off three hundred years of fear in three hours.”
“All our ancestors were murdered, murderers, complicit to murder, or combating murder.”
“The human story is one of continual branching movement, out of Africa to every corner of the globe. When people talk of blood and soil, as if their ancestors sprung fully formed from the earth of a...”
“Our children are an integral component of our stories as we are of theirs and, therefore, each child acts as the knighted messengers to carry their forebears stories into the future. To deprive our...”
“We have a few old mouth-to-mouth tales; we exhume from old trunks and boxes and drawers letters without salutation or signature, in which men and women who once lived and breathed are now merely in...”
“The conviction reigns that it is only through the sacrifices and accomplishments of the ancestors that the tribe exists--and that one has to pay them back with sacrifices and accomplishments; one t...”
“The traditions of . . . bygone times, even to the smallest social particular, enable one to understand more clearly the circumstances with contributed to the formation of character. The daily life ...”
“Our ancestors wholeheartedly sacrificed their lives to fight against tyranny, and we are allowing that very same tyranny to exist! Let us open our eyes!”
