--- title: "6 Eternity Present Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 6 Eternity Present quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Eternity Present sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/c-s-lewis-121_eternity_destines-them-to-eternity-he-therefore-i_335953.jpg" --- > [“destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to eternity itself, and to that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/destines-them-to-eternity-he-therefore-i-believe-wants-them-to-attend/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/c-s-lewis-121_eternity_destines-them-to-eternity-he-therefore-i_335953.jpg) > [“The present moment is the definition of eternity. It has never not been the present moment. This isn't scriptural or unscriptural -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kuypers/the-present-moment-is-the-definition-of-eternity-it-has-never-not/) [John Kuypers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kuypers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/john-kuypers-25219_eternity_the-present-moment-is-the-definition-of_532669.jpg) > [“For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity. Of the present moment, and of it only, humans have an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/for-the-present-is-the-point-at-which-time-touches-eternity-of-the/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/c-s-lewis-121_freedom_for-the-present-is-the-point-at-which-ti_873859.jpg) > [“He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to eternity itself, and to that point of time which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/he-therefore-i-believe-wants-them-to-attend-chiefly-to-two-things-to/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/c-s-lewis-121_giving-thanks_he-therefore-i-believe-wants-them-to-att_1943454.jpg) > [Meditation is meeting eternity in the present moment. It is resolving every problem as it comes. It is resolving every tension as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vimala-thakar/meditation-is-meeting-eternity-in-the-present-moment-it-is-resolving/) [Vimala Thakar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vimala-thakar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/677/vimala-thakar-34512_challenges_meditation-is-meeting-eternity-in-the-pr_2873663.jpg) > [The humans live in time but our Enemy destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-humans-live-in-time-but-our-enemy-destines-them-to-eternity-he/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b0/anonymous-1_believe_the-humans-live-in-time-but-our-enemy-de_3159814.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eternity-present/#itemlist", "name": "Eternity Present Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to eternity itself, and to that point of time, which they call the Present. For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity. 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