Present Quotes

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Our task - and the task of all education - is to understand the present world, the world in which we live and make our… — E F Schumacher
One of the awful things about writing when you are a Christian is that for you the ultimate reality is the Incarnation, the present reality… — Flannery O'Connor
Perhaps the Lord has called me and preserved me for this service not because I am particularly fit for it, or so that I can… — Pope Paul VI
But the knowledge and love of our Divine Redeemer, of which we were the object from the first moment of His Incarnation, exceed all that… — Pope Pius XII
Is it permitted for Catholics to be present at, or to take part in, conventions, gatherings, meetings, or societies of non-Catholics which aim to associate… — Pope Pius X
The devotion which God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the present time is the devotion to the Most… — Pope Leo XIII
The Rosary offers an easy way to present the chief mysteries of the Christian religion and to impress then upon the mind. — Pope Leo XIII
Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through which it has passed on… — Franz Boas
I hope I may have succeeded in presenting to you, however imperfectly, the currents of thought due to the work of the immortal Darwin which… — Franz Boas
There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and rural games of… — Washington Irving
One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the… — Stephen Covey
The shadow-past is shaped by everything that never happened. Invisible, it melts the present like rain through karst. A biography of longing. It steers us… — Anne Michaels
Our specious present as such is very short. We do, however, experience passing events; part of the process of the passage of events is directly… — George H. Mead
Thee might observe incidentally that if the state paid for child-bearing it might and ought to require a medical certificate that the parents were such… — Bertrand Russell
Opposition to God and His Christ, opposition to light and truth has existed since the beginning to the present day. This is the warfare that… — Wilford Woodruff
The walls were lined with books, many of them in foreign languages, like insulation against the immediate present. — Ross Macdonald
Whatever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new… — Stephen Covey
The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality. — Robert M. Pirsig
A coach, on the other hand [when compared to counseling], helps us assess the present so that we can operate more effectively in the future. — Andy Stanley
Education is what people do to you. Learning is what you do to yourself. Focus on being connected, always learning, fully aware and super present. — Joichi Ito

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