Quotes about Past

But the nimbleness of the human mind in searching out heaven and earth and the secrets of nature, and when all ages have been compassed by its understanding and memory, in arranging each thing in its proper order, and in inferring future events from past, clearly shows that there lies hidden in man something separate from the body.

I am neither in the past, nor avant-garde. My style follows life.

you cannot let the pain of the past destroy the happiness of the future.

The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.

Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days.

History: a collection of epitaphs.

The stories of past courage... can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.

Nostalgia: How long's that been around?

I can change. I can live out of my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past

When the past dies, there is mourning, but when the future dies our imaginations are compelled to carry it on.

One of the great healing balms of the Holy Spirit is forgiveness. To forgive is to break the link between you and your past.