“My hold on the past and the future is precarious and my possession of my own time is always postponed until a stage when I may fully understand it, yet this stage can never be reached, since it would be one more moment bounded by the horizon of its future, and requiring in its turn, further developments in order to be understood.” MayMomentsWould BePastOrderTurnsMy OwnStageDevelopmentUnderstoodPossessionHorizonPrecarious Book:Phenomenology of Perception Source: Phenomenology of Perception
“For mankind as a whole, a possession infinitely more valuable than individual life is our genetic heritage, our link with past and future... Yet genetic deterioration through man-made agents is the menace of our time.” MenMadeWholePastLife IsIndividualEnvironmentMankindPossessionValuableAgentsOur TimeLinksHeritageMenaceIndividual LifeDeterioration Book:Silent Spring Source: Silent Spring
“The past is our only real possession in life. It is the one piece of property of which time cannot deprive us; it is our own in a way that nothing else in life is. In a word, we are our past; we do not cling to it, it clings to us.” WayRealPastLife IsPiecesPropertyPossessionOur PastOne Piece Book:Grace King of New Orleans: A Selection of Her Writings Source: Grace King of New Orleans: A Selection of Her Writings