Present Quotes

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In its present terms, the global system values property over human life. — William Greider
You exist in time: future, present, and past. This is manifest in life, liberty, and the product of your life and liberty. The exercise of… — Ken Schoolland
The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present — Rasheed Ogunlaru
What I remember best from those times is the music itself. When it succeded, we took hold of the audience's attention, working it from a… — Andromeda Romano-Lax
... I feel tired to death, paralyzed by this mysteriously wasted life's stubborn concentration on hopelessness and dissolution. It occurs to me that if I… — Christer Kihlman
If you want to understand the causes that existed in the past, look at the results as they are manifested in the present. And if… — Gautama Buddha
An America that looks away is ignoring not just the sins of the past but the sins of the present and the certain sins of… — Ta-Nehisi Coates
If you filter my words through any tradition or '-ism', you will miss altogether what I am saying. The liberating truth is not static; it… — Adyashanti
Nothing very new. By taking good care of yourselves you are of service to me and my family as well as yourselves, no matter what… — Socrates
Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and… — Plato
Historical novels, in particular, allow us to relive the past without the neatness of history, and with all the complexity of the present. — Laila Lalami
The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment — Gautama Buddha
Be greatly aware of the present. — Gautama Buddha
Children understand that 'once upon a time' refers not only--not even primarily--to the past, but to the impalpable regions of the present, the deeper places… — Stephen Mitchell
The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion. — William Macneile Dixon
The best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present. — James M. Kouzes
Much of the present difficulty in industrial relations arises from the fact that too many employers as well as too many legislators take the Labor… — Unknown Author
We should never present flesh as somehow morally distinguishable from dairy. To the extent it is morally wrong to eat flesh, it is as morally… — Gary L. Francione
I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us. — Martin Sheen
Never lookin' back or too far in front of me; the present is a gift and I just wanna be. — Common

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