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Let anyone try, I will not say to arrest, but to notice or attend to, the present moment… — William James

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Let anyone try, I will not say to arrest, but to notice or attend to, the present moment of time. One of the most baffling experiences occurs. Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming.

William James
The Principles of Psychology · 1890
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Nature of timeThe presentMindfulness
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1890
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William James
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James, William. The Principles of Psychology. Vol. 1, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890, ch. 15.

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