“What is an idea made of? Of future, past and also meanwhile.”
“People should learn to live in the now. They spend all their time thinking about past glories and worrying about the future. Meanwhile all the moments of spontaneity and beauty they’ll ever have in their lives are flitting from future into past without being noticed. That’s why there are so many grumpy assholes in the world”
“What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.”
“The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained.”
“Ideas define us, our past, our present, and most importantly, our future.”
“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.”