'' The natural ones are momentary, transitory.
What they were,
They are not now.
What they will be
They are not now.
Against this ever-changing background,
They have no fixed center.
With no fixed center,
Nothing is personal. ''
- ''Lost Writings of Wu Hsin''.
china?
Yes Taoism is ancient China's and the quote is from this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Writings-Wu-Hsin-Non-Duality/dp/1500259853
The past is the biggest blockade of the future :)
with the choice of 'how you see it' you could also see it like - there is no past nor future, only everpresent 'now'.