“Our supplies of natural resources are not finite in any economic sense. Nor does past experience give reason to expect natural resources to become more scarce. Rather, if history is any guide, natural resources will progressively become less costly, hence less scarce, and will constitute a smaller proportion of our expenses in future years.” IfsGivingYearsDoeReasonPastNaturalEconomicResourcesGuidesProportionExpensesFiniteSuppliesScarceNatural ResourcesPast Experiences Author:Julian Simon
“Nothing in the next-door world of Dachau impinged on the great winter cycle of Beethoven chamber music played in Munich. No canvases came off museum walls as the butchers strolled reverently past, guide-books in hand.” WorldBookHandsPastNextDoorsWallWinterGuidesCyclesMuseumsChamberButchersMunichChamber MusicDachau Author:George Steiner
“While you have a future do not live too much in contemplation of your past: unless you are content to walk backward the mirror is a poor guide.” PastWalksPoorToo MuchMirrorsGuidesContemplationOur PastYour Past Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)
“Jesu, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high; Hide me,O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past; Safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last.” StillsSoulLastsPastLife IsWaterHavensLoversSafeLet MeStormGuidesMy SoulBosomsSaviourTempestStorms Of Life Author:Charles Wesley
“Hindsight is not necessarily the best guide to understanding what really happened. The past is often as distorted by hindsight as it is clarified by it.” PastUnderstandingHappenedGuidesHindsight Book:The Pity of it All: A Portrait of German Jews, 1743-1933 Source: The Pity of it All: A Portrait of German Jews, 1743-1933