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.
The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope.
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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.
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.
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.
Life is divided into three terms — that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.
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.
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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