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"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting."
"Wisdom and joy arise when you learn to exist now rather than in the nonexistent past or future."
"Socialism is the phantastic younger brother of despotism, which it wants to inherit. Socialism wants to have the fullness of state force which before only existed in despotism. ... However, it goes further than anything in the past because it aims at the formal destruction of the individual ... who ... can be used to improve communities by an expedient organ of government."
"That's history. I say history because it happened in the past."
"When you are in the present moment, you break the continuity of your story, of past and future. Then true intelligence arises, and also love."
"People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind."
"When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do not need it anymore. Presence is the key. Now is the key."
"Turquoise, yellow, pink, a lot of the pastel colors are some of the more popular suit colors this year. But it varies from old to young."
"Link yourself to your potential, not to your past."
"If you live like it’s the past and you behave like it’s the past, then guys from the future find it very hard to see you."
"The past lies like a nightmare upon the present."
"Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home."
"Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn't control you--you should control them."
"We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible."
"Nothing in the past is as powerful as what we choose to do in the present moment."
"Guilt, regret, resentment, sadness & all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past & not enough presence."
"Enjoy every minute you have with those you love, my dear, for no one can take joy that is past away from you. It will be there in your heart to live on when the dark days come."
"All the real money in investment will have to be made as most of it has been in the past not out of buying and selling but out of owning and holding securities, receiving interests and dividends therein, and benefiting from their long-term increases in value. Hence stockholder's major energies and wisdom as investors should be directed toward assuring themselves of the best operating results from their corporations. This in turn means assuring themselves of fully honest and competent managements."
"The past sharpens perspective, warns against pitfalls, and helps to point the way."
"You change the past when you change the way you see it."
