The past is good, but the exaltation of the present is a way of being held, a duty. ...

... In our civilization, we mistreat the present, we are constantly striving towards what we would like to have, we are no longer amazed by what we have. We complain about what we would like to have. Funny mentality! To be satisfied, it is not pejorative. To return to the happiness of what one has, it is a knowledge to live. "