“One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.”

“Frequently we do not leave the past behind. We clasp on to it. We dissect it, and let fears for the future, tempered by the past, unconsciously prevent us from taking up the task eternal.”

“We will never move out of the present and into the future with all God has planned for us if we cling to dwell in the past.”

“There is only this now. It does not come from anywhere; it is not going anywhere. It is not permanent, but it is not impermanent. Though moving, it is always still. When we try to catch it, it seems to run away, and yet it is always here and there is no escape from it. And when we turn around to find the self which knows this moment, we find that it has vanished like the past.”

“We may be living past and future lives at the same time we are living this one.”

“Whatever has happened in someone's past, the future is theirs to shape. The first step is to find a way out.”