Familiar Quote by Bertrand Russell

“Identification with the past is an intuitive, imaginative process which seeks as its fulfillment a perception not merely of the relevancy of the past,…

— Robert W. Hanning

The past becomes a texture, an ambience to our present.

— Paul Scott

If we understand the past, we are more likely to recognise what is happening around us.

— Helen Dunmore

We think in generalities, but we live in detail. To make the past live, we must perceive it in detail in addition to thinking…

— Alfred North Whitehead

The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence

— Anonymous

What we feel is not based on our experience, but on our INTERPRETATION of experiences.

— Tony Robbins

“When we look at something, we are often not aware of who is perceiving, and unaware of the mental-emotional filter created by past experiences,…

— Ilchi Lee

“Everything we think we know, everything we think we see, everything we believe we feel, taste, smell, or hear, everything we “remember” (our pasts),…

— Dan Pearce

When we remember something, we're taking bits and pieces of experience - sometimes from different times and places - and bringing it all together…

— Elizabeth Loftus

“We perceive and remember people, things, and events based on aspects of the experience:”

— Tom Hoobyar

The past assumes the nature of the present.

— Oliver Stone

Understanding the past requires pretending that you don't know the present. It requires feeling its own pressure on your pulses without any ex post…

— Paul Fussell