Past Awareness Quotes

A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past.

Can't disagree with the need for a grasp of history.

Laziness acknowledges the relation of the present to the past but ignores its relation to the future; impatience acknowledge its relation to the future but ignores its relation to the past; neither the lazy nor the impatient man, that is, accepts the present instant in its full reality and so cannot love his neighbour completely.

To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present.

An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.

I worry about children not having a sense of any direct connection to the past.

It's as much looking out your rear-view mirror as the windshield. You want to make sure you put your car in front of the right line. You're constantly looking behind you.