The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it.
It's really good to be able to think about past loves without having a pit in my stomach, or cringing or feeling heart-broken, or like they hate you. Don't you think?
We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
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 and with a manly heart.
Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.
We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others.
Sooner rather than later, any other form other than digital media will be a thing of the past. It won't vanish, but let's face it, this is seemingly the way of the future.
Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.
My hunch is that pop culture began to stagnate the moment Americans started to love the past more than they did the future.
People are powerfully moved by imagination, belief, and knowledge. They can consider the past and future. They can make changes in their behavior out of reason in a way that animals can't do.
The place where I think social media fails is in showing the knowledge, the tradition of stitching the clothing, of cutting the fabric, of the tannery, of the skinning of the jewels - this knowledge needs respect. Online and social media is the futur...
In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only for the future, where streams of revenue play in his imagination.
I do believe the most important thing I can do now is to help young people understand the past and prepare for the future.
When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.
While data can only tell you what has happened in the past, it can in some ways give you a sense of what might be of interest to an audience in the future.
How we think about the future and the past determines everything about how we think about our situation as human beings.
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.
I want my buildings to take root and look as if they've always been there. It isn't about pastiche or adapting what's already there. It's about trying to blend the future and the past.
