I am quite sure, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
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I am quite sure, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.
The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act -- act in the living Present! Heart within and God overhead.
There is no present or future-only the past, happening over and over again-now.
Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living.
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.
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