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Buddha – Concentrate on the Present Moment

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha

“The past is not an obstacle, just a force exerted against my back.”

“Don’t worry about the people in your past. There is a reason why they didn’t make it to your future.”

“A country without a memory is a country of madmen.” – George Santayana

“The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.” – Robertson Davies

“Never allow your past to affect who you are today.”

“The past is strapped to our backs. We do not have to see it; we can always feel it.” – Mignon McLaughlin

“The past is never dead. It isn’t even past.” – William Faulkner

“It is possible to dispel time, to see simultaneously all the past, present and future, and then everything is good, and everything is perfect.”