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Mignon McLaughlin Quote – The Past Is Strapped To Our Backs

“The past is strapped to our backs. We do not have to see it; we can always feel it.” – Mignon McLaughlin

“The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.” – Robertson Davies

“It is possible to dispel time, to see simultaneously all the past, present and future, and then everything is good, and everything is perfect.”

“The past is never dead. It isn’t even past.” – William Faulkner

“The past is not an obstacle, just a force exerted against my back.”

“A country without a memory is a country of madmen.” – George Santayana

“Never allow your past to affect who you are today.”

“Don’t worry about the people in your past. There is a reason why they didn’t make it to your future.”

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha