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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what clearly lies at hand. – Thomas Carlyle

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The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion. – Thomas Carlyle

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Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. – Thomas Carlyle

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It is a mark of soulfulness to be present in the here and now. When we are present, we are not fabricating inner movies. We are seeing what is before us. – John Bradshaw

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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. – Meister Eckhart

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The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it is called the present. – Alice Morse Earle

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Forget the past and live the present hour. – Sarah Knowles Bolton

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