History is important. And keeping ourselves anchored to the lessons learned from history will enable us to emulate the best of what it means to be human.
The late novelist Michael Crichton is reported to have said, ‘If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.’
History teaches us not only about the leaves of existence; it also teaches about the twigs, branches, trunks, and roots of life. And these lessons are important.
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I’m trying to steer away from politics. I’m world-weary. I read this excerpt from an article and it spoke to me. In it, the author is speaking about truth and knowledge.
Published in HistoryWe understand our knowledge is a work in progress, that the leaf we have before us is simply one microscopic snapshot — part of an infinitely vast forest of fascinating knowledge.
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