“But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things.”

“We can't choose where we come from, but we can choose where we go from there.”

“Where we choose to be, where we choose to be--we have the power to determine that in our lives. We cannot reel time backward or forward, but we can take ourselves to the place that defines our being.”

“Ain't that a sight? With all the things we know and learn, we still ain't touched the big mysteries -- where we come from, where we go next, why we even her. And when something truly miraculous happens, we run and hide in our caves. We deny.”

“By giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.”

“It is not where we have come from but where we are going that counts!”

“None of us can choose where we shall love…”

“Evolution tells us where we came from, not where we can go.”

“If we hope to go anywhere or develop ourselves in any way, we can only step from where we are standing. If we don't really know where we are standing… We may only go in circles…”

“History is hereditary only in this way: we, all of us, inherit everything, and then we choose what to cherish, what to disavow, and what do do next, which is why it's worth trying to know where things come from.”