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Nothing is going to remain the way it is. Let us, in the present, study the past, so as to invent the future. — Augusto Boal
I believe that even 'returning-to-nature' and anti pollution activities, no matter how commendable, are not moving toward a genuine solution if they are carried out… — Masanobu Fukuoka
I believe that present day civilized man suffers from insufficient discharge of his aggressive drive — Konrad Lorenz
The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past. — Jean-Henri Fabre
You can't buy peace by just wishing it and avoiding the challenges that other nations present to you. — Fred Thompson
When we take no responsibility for any aspect of our past, we limit our ability to respond in the present and the future. — Bill Crawford
Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based… — Bill Crawford
The life sciences contain spiritual values which can never be explained by the materialistic attitude of present day science — Sherwin B. Nuland
It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II. — Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Give up identification with this mass of flesh as well as with what thinks it a mass. Both are intellectual imaginations. Recognise your true self… — Adi Shankara
We must create a history of India in living terms. Up to the present that history, as written by the English, practically begins with Warren… — Sister Nivedita
Most of us are only willing to call 5% of our present information into question any one point. — Ken Wilber
To say that you can 'have experience,' means, for one thing, that your past plays into and affects your present, and that it defines your… — C. Wright Mills
People are unaware that spirits even exist, let alone that angels are present with them. — Emanuel Swedenborg
We all have spirits present with us who are feeling the way we are. — Emanuel Swedenborg
From the earliest ages of history to the present day there have never been thirteen millions of people associated in one political body who enjoyed… — Andrew Jackson
All I wanted was to say honestly to people: 'Have a look at yourselves and see how bad and dreary your lives are!' The important… — Anton Chekhov
Our spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, expecting that new things will happen to us, new things… — Henri Nouwen
Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it means never living apart from one's self. It is not about the absence of… — Parker J. Palmer
It is not difficult to nourish admirable thoughts when the stars are present. — Marguerite Yourcenar

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