الماضي مَعينٌ غنيّ نستقي منه لاتخاذ قراراتنا للمستقبل، لكنه لا يفرض خياراتنا. فلننظر إلى الماضي فنختار ما فيه من خير، ونترك ما فيه من شر.

“The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.”Nelson Mandela — Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations (2011)