Past Quotes

"History is the memory of states" "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards" "Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different." "Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now." "The lessons of the past have shown us that military adventures can lead to human tragedies on a vast scale." "I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only about the past." "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past" "Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read the title." "I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past." "The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities." "Touching the present moment, we realize that the present is made of the past and is creating the future." "Study the past, if you would divine the future." "Don't think about the past. Just be here now." "In this bright future, you can't forget your past." "Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart." "Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure" "I regret the past, but at the same time, it made me who I am today." "It's useless to look back at the past, expecting the old to be the same as the new" "People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them" "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."