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Johan Huizinga quotes

History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.

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Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with a special function of its own in human experience.

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Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order.

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An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.

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