"Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed"

"The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down"

"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon"

"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"

"Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness"

"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans"

"Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character"

"History is a set of lies agreed upon"

"Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity"

"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us"

"If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes"