“The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.”

“A child is a part of the self, and of the loved partner; a representation of generations past; the genes of the forebears; the hope of the future; a source of love, pleasure, even narcissistic delight; a tie or a burden; and sometimes a symbol of the worst parts of the self and others.”

“A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.”

“... the river is everywhere at once, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the rapids, in the sea, in the mountains, everywhere at once, and that there is only the present time for it, not the shadow of the past, not the shadow of the future.”

“Man is diminished if he lives without knowledge of his past; without hope of a future he becomes a beast.”

“The ability to withstand the flinch comes with the knowledge that the future will be better than the past.”