The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.
The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It's getting them wrong that is living, getting them wrong and wrong and wrong and then, on careful reconsideration, getting them wrong again.
我记得，他总是反抗。他反抗是因为他知道如果他不反抗，下次就更不会反抗了。