“The past is our treasure. Its works, whether we know them or not, flourish in our lives with whatever strength they had. From it we draw provision for our journey, the collected wisdom whose harvests are all ours to reap and carry with us, though we may never live again in the fields that grew them.” KnowsMayPastHistoryOur LivesJourneyFieldsGrewDrawsTreasureHarvestProvisionReap Book:The Lycian Shore Source: The Lycian Shore
“What was lost in the European cataclysm was not only the Jewish past--the whole life of a civilization--but also a major share ofthe Jewish future.... [ellipsis in source] It was not only the intellect of a people in its prime that was excised, but the treasure of a people in its potential.” PeopleWholePastLostShareSourceCivilizationMajorsIntellectWhole LifeTreasurePrimeHolocaust Author:Cynthia Ozick