Comforting Quote by Lynn Hershman Leeson

The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good…

— Peter Benchley

Looking at the past must only be a means of understanding more clearly what and who they are so that they can more wisely…

— Paulo Freire

To look back into the past only makes sense if it serves the future.

— Konrad Adenauer

Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.

— Danica Patrick

The past is the place we view the present from as much as the other way around.

— Frederick Buechner

The Past is meant to Teach you… and the Hard Times are meant to Strengthen you.

— Ritu Ghatourey

If we understand the past, we are more likely to recognise what is happening around us.

— Helen Dunmore

The past has too much knowledge embedded in it, and therefore it's best to forget it and start anew.

— Tariq Ali

There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it.

— Pearl Bailey

The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.

— Finley Peter Dunne

The past seems to infuse into the present, and in the brown, wringled faces of the old people one sees the presence of the…

— Rudolfo Anaya

You know, you can learn a lot from your past, but for me, the past is the past.

— Ryan Zimmerman