Quotes About Foreknowledge

The danger of memory is that it can turn anyone into a prophet.

He was not the first man, Cliff Leyland told himself bitterly, to know the exact second and the precise manner of his death.

they] reason'd high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate, Fixt Fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. (Paradise Lost 2.658

no skill in the world, nothing human can penetrate the future.

Others apart sat on a hill retir'd,In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd highOf Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate,Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute,And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost.

From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. Didn't know exactly what.

People recognize something's going to happen, and they'd better get ready.

But that was merely an intellectual decision, taken because he knew that he ought to take it. He did not feel it. In this place you could not feel anything, except the pain and the foreknowledge of pain. Besides, was it possible, when you were actually suffering it, to wish for any reason whatever that your own pain should increase? But that question was not answerable yet.

In this place you could not feel anything, except pain and foreknowledge of pain.

You chose us by your foreknowledge, redeemed us by your Son, and set us apart by your Spirit to demonstrate the reconciling and redeeming power of the gospel in cities and among the nations of the world. Indeed, you've called us to live as strangers in this world, not as strange people. If there's to be anything offensive about us, may it only be the gospel of your grace.

Time will say nothing but I told you so.

He foresaw my every fall, my every sin, my every backsliding; yet, nevertheless, fixed His heart upon me.

Sometimes you know something is going to happen, even though they are ample opportunities to prevent it. Even though you don't want it, you know it's inevitable.

History is that thing that, in hindsight, one always saw coming; a few seem able to glimpse it before it has settled on its destination

You know how it's going to end, but instead of spoiling things, that somehow increases your fascination. It's like watching a kid run his electric train faster and faster and waiting for it to derail on one of the curves.

Sometimes you think you can see around corners, and maybe you can.

Anyone could see it all coming and no one could possibly stop it and that was the beautiful thing. Friday night was open wide and writ in stone

3And I, Enoch, I alone saw the likeness of the end of all things. Nor did any human being see it, as I saw

wisdom ain't seeing what's in your face, but recognizing what's about to come!

I read today's news last month but this time it's worse.

de qué sirven las premoniciones? Casi de tanto como las ideas retrospectivas

Los problemas siempre empiezan mucho antes de que llegues a verlos realmente.

Know we how many tomorrows the gods intend for our todays.

We will see," he said. "Yes