“The present doesn’t change the past. Is the fact that the past happened enough to make the present good? Is the past real? Was it real anymore?”
“How real is any of the past, being every moment revalued to make the present possible...”
“Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the day.”
“... some people - think only the present is real. The past and the future don't even exist. ... And some people say that the future and the present are made up of a lot of different worlds. Each world comes out of a different set of circumstances that might have happened in the past.”
“Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself.”
“Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.”