The Past Quotes

Time is just something that we assign. You know, past, present, it's just all arbitrary. Most Native Americans, they don't think of time as linear; in time, out of time, I never have enough time, circular time, the Stevens wheel. All moments are happening all the time.

Ruminating about the past is like trying to drive backward to undo a car accident.

When you get angry at your ex, only about 10 percent of your anger can be attributed to the current situation. The other 90 percent comes from your past experiences with your ex, as well as those with your parents, caregivers, and other significant people in your past. The current situation has simply triggered your past anger and allowed it to resurface. It’s been said that if you’re hysterical, the cause is probably historical.

I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.

Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.

Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.

The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.

Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.

I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.