Ego is the central figure of our personal history, based upon the past and looking into the future. Ego is the deepest dream of the Consciousness.
Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the practice of present-day dramatists into broader standards for the next generation.
Progressivism is the cancer in America and it is eating our Constitution, and it was designed to eat the Constitution, to progress past the Constitution.
I think when it comes to pop I'm past the point of curiosity. I admit to a full-on obsession with it, and I think it's getting worse, actually.
The standard formulation on remedy is that it ought to cure past violations and prevent their recurrence. That's what antitrust is all about.
Much of my high-jinx have been drug-related. When you're under 30, whatever, but once you're past 40 it's just ugly.
Forgiving others simply means that you refuse to be a prisoner of a past that you can't change, and shackled to decisions that you didn't make.
The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.” (Analects 2.11)
Hebrew in America has a bemusing past. The Puritans, out of scriptural piety, once dreamed of establishing Hebrew as the national language.
To my mind, one does not put oneself in place of the past; one only adds a new link.
The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.
The lessons of the past should steer us towards ensuring lasting legacies for generations yet to be born.
Yesterday was the last day on the calender of the past. Tomorrow will be the first day on the calender of the future. Today is both the first and the last day of the present. Use it well.
When hate grows to love, hateful events of the past becomes the foundations and pillars upon which the love rests
I went up to the top of the career ladder and I came down again, I am past all that.
I use Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream, £12, on my lips, and my arms if they're sunburned. I'm past caring that sunbathing is dangerous.
Forgive the past and let it go with great gratitude. It will allow us to embrace present and future with love, enthusiasm and passion.
If you can create a bright future, the past will dance with joy in your mind for the experience and to let you suffer.
The past can't touch you or call you back; you are going far away from it with gratitude and wisdom to learn from the future.
Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.
Everything that is past is either a learning experience to grow on, a beautiful memory to reflect on, or a motivating factor to act upon.
