The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.

Persevere towards those objectives which are lighted for us by all the wisdom and inspiration of the past.

The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.

I don't have any romanticism about any part of my past. I think of it only since it gave me pleasure or helped me grow psychologically. That is the only thing that interests me about yesterday. I don't believe in yesterday, by the way. You know I don't believe in yesterday. I am only interested in what I am doing now.

We don't have to be victims of our past, that we can let go of our bitterness, and that all of us can achieve greatness.

If we open a quarrel between past and present we shall find that we have lost the future.