If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The past has to inform the present.
Learn from the past, look to the future, but live in the present.
You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you can vice versa, that is learning about the present through history, which is what I do for a living.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.
I guess I'm living in the present more than the past.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
We have to keep an eye on the future with a sense of the past in every passing moment of the present.
The past becomes a texture, an ambience to our present.
Don't time travel into the past, roaming through the nuances as if they can change. Don't bookmark pages you've already read.
Study the past, if you would divine the future.
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