“We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors' wisdom.”
Maya Angelou
“The most important lesson of American history is the promise of the unexpected. None of our ancestors would have imagined settling way over here on this unknown continent. So we must continue to have society that is hospitable to the unexpected, which allows possibilities to develop beyond our own imaginings.”
Daniel J. Boorstin
“We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies.”
Dhen Dancel
“Those who chant are sanctified. All those who listen are blessed, and those who write save their ancestors.”
Sri Guru Granth Sahib
“A man finds room in a few square inches of his face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.”
Douglas Adams
“My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were there to meet the boat.”
Will Rogers
