“There is no past. Past is present when you carry it with you.”

“The past is the past," Harry goes on, "you got to live in the present. … It's the only way to think. When you're my age, you'll see it. At my age if you carried all the misery you've seen on your back you'd never get up in the morning.”

“If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.”

“You will only look for past events when the present is unsatisfactory. The secret to enjoying the present moment is to make it more satisfying than the past. Go beyond the limits.”

“The more shared past there is in a relationship, the more present you need to be; otherwise, you will be forced to relive the past again and again.”

“You have to know the past to understand the present.”

“You are the only young man that I know of who ignores the fact that the future becomes the present, the present the past and the past turns into everlasting regret if you don't plan for it!”

“If you are living in the past or in the future, you will never find a meaning in the present.”

“Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.”

“Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now; and if the past cannot prevent you from being present now, what power does it have?”