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Present Quotes by Maximus the Confessor
- Those who, animal-like, live solely according to the senses... misuse God's creation in order to indulge the passions. They do not understand the principle of…
- Let us be satisfied simply with what sustains our present life, not with what pampers it. Let us pray to God for this, as we…
- Without the power of intelligence there is no capacity for spiritual knowledge; and without spiritual knowledge we cannot have the faith from which springs that…
- Blessed is he who like Joshua (cf. Josh. 10:12-13) keeps the Sun of righteousness from setting in himself throughout the whole day of his present…
- Before His visible advent in the flesh the Logos of God dwelt among the patriarchs and prophets in a spiritual manner, prefiguring the mysteries of…
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- Confine yourself to the present. — Marcus Aurelius
- Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today… — Marcus Aurelius
- The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand… — Diane Ackerman
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba
- A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught… — Ibrahim Babangida
- An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect… — Irving Babbitt
- Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present. — Roger Babson
- Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do not want… — Michelle Bachelet
- In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon