“The past can be escaped only by embracing something better.”

“It was never too late to learn something. The past is unalterable in any event. The future is the only thing we can change. Learning the lessons of the past is the only way to shape the present and the future.”

Jim Butcher book Ghost Story

“But we can't escape into the future like we can escape into the past. So those of us who are not certain of things, and there are an awful lot of us, often rush back to the past. And each one has a particular past he prefers to the present. Sometimes I feel that any past is preferable to the present.”

Tom Baker (1934) English actor

“Only you can do something about it.
There's no-one there, my friend, any better.”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

“The only difference between me and others is that they think they can change something with cute little poems, nice cards or embracing trees and being nice to little lapdogs.”

Henry Rollins (1961) American singer-songwriter

“By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better and we can prepare for a better future.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

“I have just discovered something I have always known: we can no more escape from one another than we can escape from God.”

Georges Bernanos (1888–1948) French writer

“Never regret your past. Rather,
embrace it as the teacher that it is.”

Robin S. Sharma (1965) Canadian self help writer

“escape from the black widow spider
is a miracle as great as art.
what a web she can weave
slowly drawing you to her
she'll embrace you
then when she's satisfied
she'll kill you
still in her embrace
and suck the blood from you.”

Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell

“We cannot change the past to rewrite a better beginning - But we can work for the future and strive for a better ending.”

Yasir Qadhi (1975) Pakistani-American preacher and imam