We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.
How we think about the future and the past determines everything about how we think about our situation as human beings.
When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.
If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.
Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.
If we understand the past, we are more likely to recognise what is happening around us.
Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.
We have to keep an eye on the future with a sense of the past in every passing moment of the present.