The sense of one's past is so strong and forms our sense of self so strongly, it will always fascinate, elude and confuse me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.
We all carry our past. But it is a case of getting on with your life and improving it, if you want to.
There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it.
I don't believe necessarily the past is in the past. It's eternal, it's all around us.
One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.
The past becomes a texture, an ambience to our present.
The past is never the past. It is always present. And you better reckon with it in your life and in your daily experience, or it will get you. It will get you really bad.
One feels that the past stays the way you left it, whereas the present is in constant movement; it's unstable all around you.
The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result in an interpretation that carries conviction. Sometimes confidence is all that's needed.
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