The German philosopher Walter Benjamin had the curious notion that we could change the past. For most of us, the past is fixed while the future is open.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I can't change the past, but one person can change the future - anything can happen.
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people's recollections, which change with time.
One faces the future with one's past.
How we think about the future and the past determines everything about how we think about our situation as human beings.
We have to keep an eye on the future with a sense of the past in every passing moment of the present.
All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
I don't believe there's anything in life you can't go back and fix. The ancient Vedas - the oldest Hindu philosophy - and modern science agree that time is an illusion. If that's true, there's no such thing as a past or a future - it's all one huge now. So what you fix now affects the past and the future.
No opposing quotes found.