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Quote by Henri Bergson
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause. – Henri Bergson

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To perceive means to immobilize… we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself. – Henri Bergson

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We regard intelligence as mans main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate. – Henri Bergson

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Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Dont count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it! – Edwin C. Bliss

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There is a way to look at the past. Dont hide from it. It will not catch you — if you dont repeat it. – Pearl Bailey

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A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you dont find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting. – James Barrie

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The past empowers the present, and the sweeping footsteps leading to this present mark the pathways to the future. – Mary Catherine Bateson

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