“People forget history nowadays,that is what the ego does, making one the prisoner of one's inflated present, ignoring the humble past one had lived.”
“It does not to dwell on dreams and forget to live, but it is equally foolish to ignore the past – never forget.”
“Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins. ”
“The study of the past with one eye upon the present is the source of all sins and sophistries in history. It is the essence of what we mean by the word "unhistorical".”
“there are times when one's life appears to be a stage. people come,people go. they come in order to go,& go with no intent of return. when they return,they return as one's past. a past that would make you feel that the present is false.”
“One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.”