“Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.”

“Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don't assume that it's too late to get involved.”

“He wrote bite-sized philosophies about living with death's shadow: "Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do"; "Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it"; "Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others"; "Don't assume that it's too late to get involved.”

“I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn.”

“If you could not accept the past and its burden there was no future, for without one there cannot be the other.”

“The past is an educational toy for the present. It should be discarded the moment its usefulness is outgrown.”