Quotes by Mircea Eliade about History

Mircea Eliade Historian and philosopher of religions, essayist, Romanian and later American prose writer

Destiny is that part of Time which represents the History's will printed on us.

Quote by Mircea Eliade about history

Poets, it is in their nature, they do this through each act of artistic creation. They try "to say" as never "had been said" before; they are trying to rediscover the language and they behave, when they are "inspired" - as if the language had not...

Quote by Mircea Eliade about history

In order to figure out how much your life values, how you have managed to capitalize it, think about tomorrow could be the last day. But not the last day of your life - because then you could find any comfort: you have written something, you help...

Quote by Mircea Eliade about history

... a universal history can not be based on written documents - but only on spiritual documents: this means on the myths and beliefs.

Quote by Mircea Eliade about history