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title: "12 Different Past Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Different Past quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Different Past sayings and thoughts."
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> [If you want the present to be different from the past, don't forget the past lessons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-want-the-present-to-be-different-from-the-past-don-t-forget/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c50/anonymous-1_forget-the-past_if-you-want-the-present-to-be-different_2416197.jpg)

> [“Usually, people... are unable to accept the reality of future sorrow, of a new day different from our past.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hotaru-odagiri/usually-people-are-unable-to-accept-the-reality-of-future-sorrow-of-a/)

[Hotaru Odagiri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hotaru-odagiri/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/499/hotaru-odagiri-21109_grief_usually-people-are-unable-to-accept-the_2435358.jpg)

> [“Who was it who said that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/who-was-it-who-said-that-forgiveness-is-giving-up-all-hope-of-having/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/anne-lamott-188_forgiveness_who-was-it-who-said-that-forgiveness-is_3040054.png)

> [If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/if-you-want-the-present-to-be-different-from-the-past-study-the-past/)

[Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baruch-spinoza/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/baruch-spinoza-1338_different_if-you-want-the-present-to-be-different_168172.jpg)

> [I once read that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past...but forgiving is not the same as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/i-once-read-that-forgiveness-is-giving-up-all-hope-of-having-had-a/)

[Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/martha-beck-961_different_i-once-read-that-forgiveness-is-giving-u_1480273.png)

> [I don't like to talk about sustainability, because sometimes I see green buildings that don't appear any different from those in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ma-yansong/i-don-t-like-to-talk-about-sustainability-because-sometimes-i-see/)

[Ma Yansong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ma-yansong/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/ma-yansong-9334_buildings_i-don-t-like-to-talk-about-sustainabilit_75055.jpg)

> [Meeting someone that is different from your past, gives you hope like... That person maybe your future.. Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jantica/meeting-someone-that-is-different-from-your-past-gives-you-hope-like/)

[Jantica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jantica/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c97/jantica-90281_hope_meeting-someone-that-is-different-from-y_2438764.jpg)

> [Memories are made both good and bad, we can decide to relive each moment, but sometimes we find ourselves with new people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-cortes/memories-are-made-both-good-and-bad-we-can-decide-to-relive-each/)

[Francisco Cortes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-cortes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/francisco-cortes-77382_good-and-bad_memories-are-made-both-good-and-bad-we-c_765332.jpg)

> [Music has become something different from the past, when it was one hundred per cent live. Throughout the twentieth century, it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryuichi-sakamoto/music-has-become-something-different-from-the-past-when-it-was-one/)

[Ryuichi Sakamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryuichi-sakamoto/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46c/ryuichi-sakamoto-5498_become_music-has-become-something-different-fro_1532685.jpg)

> [I think the past is something I have spent a lot of time thinking about, not only what is different about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-cameron/i-think-the-past-is-something-i-have-spent-a-lot-of-time-thinking/)

[Sharon Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-cameron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/sharon-cameron-20095_different_i-think-the-past-is-something-i-have-spe_1578498.jpg)

> [“...discovering you are not identical with yourself even in the most disturbing and painful way still contains the glimmer, however refracted, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-lerner/discovering-you-are-not-identical-with-yourself-even-in-the-most/)

[Ben Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-lerner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/ben-lerner-9267_selves_discovering-you-are-not-identical-with-y_1161263.jpg)

> [“The past is not another country; it is another life. The texture of daily living is different now than in the past,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-herring/the-past-is-not-another-country-it-is-another-life-the-texture-of/)

[Scott Herring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-herring/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/scott-herring-106231_another-life_the-past-is-not-another-country-it-is-an_2246370.jpg)

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