“The plain people, hereafter as in the past, will continue to make their own language, and the best that grammarians can do is to follow after it, haltingly, and not often with much insight into it.” PeoplePastLanguageCan DoInsightHereafter Book:the American Language Source: the American Language
“What is needed desperately today is prophetic insight. Scholars can interpret the past; it takes prophets to interpret the present.” TodayPastReligionChristianityNeededInsightProphetScholarProphetic Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“If we could travel into the past, it's mind-boggling what would be possible. For one thing, history would become an experimental science, which it certainly isn't today. The possible insights into our own past and nature and origins would be dazzling. For another, we would be facing the deep paradoxes of interfering with the scheme of causality that has led to our own time and ourselves. I have no idea whether it's possible, but it's certainly worth exploring.” IfsMindIdeasWould BeTodayPastOne ThingInsightNo IdeaParadoxSchemesInterfereExploringDazzlingCausalityExperimental ScienceMind Boggling Author:Carl Sagan
“Any material form, or thought, or feeling, past or present, should be regarded as, 'This is not mine, this is not what I am, this is not my self.'” ShouldSelfFeelingsPastFormMinesMaterialsInsight Author:Gautama Buddha
“The true historical genius, to our thinking, is that which can see the nobler meaning of events that are near him, as the true poet is he who detects the divine in the casual; and we somewhat suspect the depth of his insight into the past who cannot recognize the godlike of to-day under that disguise in which it always visits us.” ThinkingPastEventsDivinePoetGeniusHistoricalDepthInsightSuspectsDisguiseCasualGodlike Book:My Study Windows Source: My Study Windows
“It is true that the present is powerfully shaped by the past. But it is also true that ... insight at any age keeps us from singing the same sad songs again.” AgePastSongSingingInsightSad Song Author:Judith Viorst
“One of the major challenges facing creative individuals is that of building upon the continuity of human knowledge while achieving novel insights. ... On the one hand, to intensify an inquiry and develop a sense of commitment to a creative life, the learner needs models, teachers, and collaborators. On the other hand, the individual, while building upon the past, needs to transform it, and thus broaden his or her choices.” NeedsHumansHandsPastChoicesIndividualChallengesCreativityNovelCreativeTeacherAchieveBuildingMajorsModelsCommitmentInnovationInsightInquiryContinuityLearnersCollaboratorsHuman KnowledgeCreative Life Author:Vera John-Steiner
“The listeners got some such insights into their past lives, as one gets into the darker parts of the woods, when a stray gleam of sunshine finds its way down to the roots of the trees.” WayPastTreeRootsInsightWoodsSunshineListenersPast LifeGleam Author:James F. Cooper