Present
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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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.
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
Corporate responsibility extends not only to the customers, the resources and the workers of the present, but also to those of the future.
It seems we're not only uninformed about our present, we're ignorant of our past.
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 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.
Foreign policy exactly suits Obama's strong points as a leader, which turn out not to be giving the masses a clear sense of direction and hope, but instead exercising good judgment on a case-by-case basis while thinking many steps ahead of the present moment.
I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial — what I present to people outwardly — but what makes people resilient is the ability to find humour and irony in situations that would otherwise overpower you.
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.
As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
There exists only the present instant... a Now which always and without end is itself new. There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now, as it was a thousand years ago and as it will be a thousand years hence.
For my part, I desire to see the time when education — and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry — shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period.
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