Present Quotes

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It is pleasant to spend time with Him, to lie close to His breast like the Beloved Disciple and to feel the infinite love present… — Pope John Paul II
If we approach with faith, we too will see Jesus... for the Eucharistic table takes the place of the crib. Here the Body of the… — Saint John Chrysostom
With the Eucharist, therefore, heaven comes down to earth, the tomorrow of God descends into the present and it is as if time remains embraced… — Pope Benedict XVI
To some extent, this urge to break out of the ordinary is present in every generation. Part of being young is desiring something beyond everyday… — Pope Benedict XVI
That man is never happy for the present is so true, that all his relief from unhappiness is only forgetting himself for a little while.… — Samuel Johnson
A thirst for the infinite is indelibly present in human beings. Man was created to have a relationship with God; we need him. — Pope Benedict XVI
It is because of faith that we exchange the present for the future. — Fidelis of Sigmaringen
O I know they make war because they want peace; they hate so that they may live; and they destroy the present to make the… — Elizabeth Smart
The man, who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight, has been present like an archangel at the creation of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The city as a center where, any day in any year, there may be a fresh encounter with a new talent, a keen mind or… — Margaret Mead
He does cry a lot. It's nothing new, nothing special! And actually I think everyone was crying in my box, so I think he wasn't… — Petra Kvitova
Developing countries present a real opportunity for sustainable consumption. There, we can start from a clean slate and develop appropriate products and services that serve… — Paul Meyer
Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future. — Ruth Benedict
Forget the past and live the present hour. — Sarah Knowles Bolton
I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity. — Bette Midler
We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism. Land can be healthy or sick, fertile or barren, rich… — Paul Brooks
The present Hindu society is organised only for spiritual men, and hopelessly crushes out everybody else. Why? Where shall they go who want to enjoy… — Swami Vivekananda
Present-day Hinduism and Buddhism were growths from the same branch. Buddhism degenerated, and Shankara lopped it off! — Swami Vivekananda
There is one respect in which beasts show real wisdom... their quiet, placid enjoyment of the present moment. — Arthur Schopenhauer
For what we call illusions are often, in truth, a wider vision of past and present realities - a willing movement of a man's soul… — George Eliot

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