Present Quotes

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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right." "True happiness is ... to enjoy the present" "It is not because things… — Seneca the Younger
...the only continuity possible in life, as in love, is in growth, in fluidity - in freedom. The only real security is... living in the… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Among all the occurrences possible in the universe the a priori probability of any particular one of them verges upon zero. Yet the universe exists;… — Jacques Monod
If minutes were kept of a family gathering, they would show that "Members not Present" and "Subjects Discussed" were one and the same. — Robert Breault
I think that whenever soul is present, it's because what you're doing, whom you're with, where you are, evokes love without your thinking about it.… — Jean Shinoda Bolen
There is nothing that you can do to change the present moment. It simply is. You may be able to change the situation one second,… — Ken Keyes Jr.
By fully tuning in to the now moment in your life, you will discover that you always have enough to enjoy every moment of your… — Ken Keyes Jr.
When you become aware of silence, immediately there is that state of inner still alertness. You are present. You have stepped out of thousands of… — Eckhart Tolle
When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it. The mind itself is a wonderful… — Eckhart Tolle
The eternal present is the space within which your whole life unfolds, the one factor that remains constant. Life is now. There was never a… — Eckhart Tolle
To stay present in everyday life, it helps to be deeply rooted within yourself; otherwise, the mind, which has incredible momentum, will drag you along… — Eckhart Tolle
When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do not need it anymore. Presence… — Eckhart Tolle
We are living in a very exciting and powerful time. On the deepest level of consciousness, a radical spiritual transformation is taking place. I believe… — Shakti Gawain
The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities. — Guy Finley
The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our present consciousness is only one out of many worlds of… — William James
Instead of complaining at his lot, a contented man is thankful that his condition and circumstances are no worse than they are. Instead of greedily… — Arthur W. Pink
And therefore you who think so basely of the Gospel and the professors of it, because at present their peace and comfort are not come,… — William Gurnall
I cannot but be astonished that Sarsi should persist in trying to prove by means of witnesses something that I may see for myself at… — Galileo Galilei
It is even harder to realize that this present universe has evolved from an unspeakably unfamiliar early condition, and faces a future extinction of endless… — Steven Weinberg
One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion, and that the present expansion is a… — Fred Hoyle

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