Past Importance Quotes

To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important. This total reversal of the truth accounts for the fact that in the ego mode the mind is so dysfunctional. It is always concerned with keeping the past alive, because without it - who are you?

Instead of receding, the past actually becomes more important. That's what will happen to you. It sounds unlikely, but the past actually changes complexion as you get older.

We cannot afford to neglect some recognition of our past, even though we gaze into the future.

Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past.

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

I think the past is not important. For every player, for every single player, the past stay there. If you did well in the past, OK.

To understand the living present, and the promise of the future, it is necessary to remember the past.

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.

Education has become a prisoner of contemporaneity. It is the past, not the dizzy present, that is the best door to the future.

In this bright future you can't forget your past.