"We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it."
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973), 36th president of US
Subject PastLyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973), 36th president of US
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." - (Gautama) Buddha (563BCE-483BCE), Indian spiritual teacher
"The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it." - Wendell Berry (1934- ), American man of letters, critic & farmer
"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience." - George Washington (1732-1799), 1st American president
"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us." - Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), American inventor
"We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it." - Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973), 36th president of US
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana (1863-1952), US (Spanish-born) philosopher
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