“It is obvious: The past was once the future and the future will become the past.”
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn (1991)
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“What is now in the past was once in the future”
Ramachandra Guha (1958) historian and writer from India
Source: India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
“The past and future are veiled; but the past wears the widow's veil; the future, the virgin's.”
Jean Paul (1763–1825) German novelist
As quoted in Treasury of Thought (1872) by Maturin M. Ballou, p. 521
“I don't want my past to become anyone else's future.”
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor
“The past has ended its time, the present is the moment, the future the becoming.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Il passato ha concluso il suo tempo, il presente è l'attimo, il futuro il divenire.
Source: prevale.net