“We can’t change the past. But we will keep repeating it if we continue to live by the beliefs and agreements set in response to past events.”

“Deal with each situation as best as you can. Life is only a series of events. You're here one day and you're there the next. We can't change the past, but we can continue to live positive for the future.”

“We interact with one another as individuals responding to a complex haze of factors: professional responsibilities, personal likes and dislikes, ambition, jealousy, self-interest, and, in at least some instances, genuine altruism. Living in the here and now, we are awash with sensations of the present, memories of the past, and expectations and fears for the future. Our actions are not determined by any one cause; they are the fulfillment of who we are at that particular moment. After that moment passes, we continue to evolve, to change, and our memories of that moment inevitably change with us as we live with the consequences of our past actions, consequences we were unaware of at the time.”

“The challenge we now face is to build on the record of the past, to continue accepting new responsibilities and seeking new opportunities to serve.”

“The past remains the past. We can learn from it, but we cannot change it.”

“We continue the chain of generations and, knowingly or not, willingly or unwillingly, we pay debts of the past: as long as we have not cleared the slate, an “invisible loyalty” impels us to repeat and repeat a moment of incredible joy or unbearable sorrow, an injustice or a tragic death. Or its echo.”