“History always constitutes the relation between a present and its past. Consequently fear of the present leads to mystification of the past”
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“Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.”
“Laziness acknowledges the relation of the present to the past but ignores its relation to the future; impatience acknowledge its relation to the future but ignores its relation to the past; neither the lazy nor the impatient man, that is, accepts the present instant in its full reality and so cannot love his neighbour completely.”
“The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes. The expression of history in things is no other than that of past torment.”
“It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.”
“Fearing the future & worrying about repeating the past will always rob one of the present moment.”