
“The truly golden age of the people does not lie in the past, but in the future.”
quoted from Arun Shourie (2014) Eminent Historians: Their Technology, Their Line, Their Fraud. HarperCollin
Lyrics, Rattle And Hum(1988)
Context: Don't believe in the 60's, the Golden age of Pop. You glorify the past, when the Future dries up
"God Part II
“The truly golden age of the people does not lie in the past, but in the future.”
quoted from Arun Shourie (2014) Eminent Historians: Their Technology, Their Line, Their Fraud. HarperCollin
“People don't get to our ages without having pasts. I'm more interested in the future.”
Source: Tiger, Tiger
“Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.”
“The future always looks good in the golden land, because no one remembers the past.”
Der Dichter, 1910. Alle Verk, x. 11; S. Liptzin. Peretz. Yivo, 1947, p. 310.
“I found myself, a mere suggestion sensed in past and future ages.”
As quoted in Romantic Vision, Ethical Context: Novalis and Artistic Autonomy (1987) by Géza von Molnár, p. 2
Context: I was still blind, but twinkling stars did dance
Throughout my being's limitless expanse,
Nothing had yet drawn close, only at distant stages
I found myself, a mere suggestion sensed in past and future ages.
“Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!”
“The golden age of mathematics - that was not the age of Euclid, it is ours.”
Source: The Human Worth of Rigorous Thinking: Essays and Addresses, p. 268