Christianity Quote by Aiden Wilson Tozer

To understand what happens now one must find the cause, which may be very long ago in its beginning, but is surely there, and…

— Pearl S. Buck

People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future;

— Nellie L. McClung

“History is essential to our understanding of the present. Unless we are conscious of the way in which we came to this point in…

— Ming-Dao Deng

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Often the deep valleys of our PRESENT will be UNDERSTOOD only by LOOKING BACK on them from the mountains of our FUTURE experience. Often…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

To understand the living present, and the promise of the future, it is necessary to remember the past.

— Rachel Carson

“Study the Past to Understand Today”

— Cynthia Belmer

Looking at the past must only be a means of understanding more clearly what and who they are so that they can more wisely…

— Paulo Freire

“Though historians occasionally try their hand at prophecy (without notable success), the study of history aims above all to make us aware of possibilities…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“A prophet is one who sees what is happening and being done in the present that they can tell us what will happen to…

— Megan McKenna

The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

With the historian it is an article of faith that knowledge of the past is a key to understanding the present.

— Kenneth M. Stampp