Present
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It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.
It seems we're not only uninformed about our present, we're ignorant of our past.
Corporate responsibility extends not only to the customers, the resources and the workers of the present, but also to those of the future.
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
If we were left to ourselves, unfettered by legislative enactments, we should gradually withdraw our capital from the cultivation of such lands, and import the produce which is at present raised upon them.
What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world. The faces of young people are the faces of our past, our present and our future. No segment in the society can match with the power, idealism, enthusiasm and courage of the young people.
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope.
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.