Alienation Quote by Erik Pevernagie

It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.

— W. Somerset Maugham

“The past was neither as good nor as bad as we suppose: it was just different. If we tell ourselves nostalgic stories, we shall…

— Tony Judt

To retrieve the past is no great effort, when the events to be recalled are so firmly imprinted on the mind. It is existence…

— Anonymous

Memories are not just about the past. They determine our future.

— Jeff Bridges

The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we…

— Wendell Berry

Our past has gone into history.

— William McKinley

“I am skeptical about the idea that we can learn much from history, at least in the sense that knowledge of past follies will…

— Ian Buruma

The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate…

— Nelson Mandela

“Not everything in your past qualifies to be called HISTORY; only the things in the past that shaped your FUTURE”

— Fela Durotoye

The past is what makes the present coherent, and the past will remain horrible for exactly as long as we refuse to assess it…

— James A. Baldwin

“History is not the past – it is the method we have evolved of organising our ignorance of the past”

— Hilary Mantel

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.

— Anonymous