Present Quotes

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The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the past… — Oscar Wilde
There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for which the past must be preserved and celebrated in full-scale authentic copy; a… — Umberto Eco
We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things. — Marcel Proust
First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ...study and read everything you can on the subject. — Thomas A. Edison
He who lives in the present lives in eternity. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be. — Lactantius
Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart, to do at least one worthy thing which you have… — Grenville Kleiser
The present map of Palestine was drawn by the British mandate. The Jewish people have another map which our youth and adults should strive to… — David Ben-Gurion
Sometimes men present a swagger that suggests a prowess, whether it's sexual or financial. L.A. seems to be a place where trying too hard is… — Michael C. Hall
Under patriarchy, no woman is safe to live her life, or to love, or to mother children. Under patriarchy, every woman is a victim, past,… — Andrea Dworkin
Professors rarely speak of the place of eros or the erotic in our classrooms. Trained in the philosophical context of Western metaphysical dualism, many of… — Bell Hooks
Passion kept one fully in the present, so that time became a series of mutually exclusive 'nows.' — Sue Halpern
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. — Gautama Buddha
Life can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life. — Gautama Buddha
Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated that that. It is opening to or recieving the present moment,… — Sylvia Boorstein
Let go the past, let go the future, and let go the present (front, back, middle). Crossing to the farther shore of existence, with mind… — Gautama Buddha
We usually evaluate creative process in terms of how much feeling or thinking was behind the work or how well the work was done. Isn't… — Kazuaki Tanahashi
Within this moment, the only moment that exists, the past, present and future are contained. — Gautama Buddha
God speaks through a variety of means. In the present God primarily speaks by the Holy Spirit, through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church. — Henry Blackaby

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