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Religious literature2 quotes
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. — Gautama Buddha · 511 BCZen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instant, and that the past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality. — Alan Watts · 1957Comedy (play)1 quote
No time like the present. — Delarivier Manley · 1696Historical literature1 quote
No man who is correctly informed as to the past will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present. — Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1848Philosophical literature1 quote
Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instant, and that the past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality. — Alan Watts · 1957Psychological literature1 quote
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 · 1890