Present Quotes

6568 Present quotes by 3495 unique authors

The truth is that a vast restructuring of our society is needed if remedies are to become available to the average person. Without that restructuring… — William O. Douglas
Words . . . present a picture of the inward man. — John Mott
Not till the poets among us can be "literalists of the imagination"-above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, "imaginary gardens with real toads… — Marianne Moore
Educators, long disturbed by schoolchildren's lagging scores in math and reading, are realizing there is a different and more alarming deficiency: emotional literacy. And while… — Daniel Goleman
That is the danger we now face. And this is why the intermixing of science and politics is a bad combination, with a bad history.… — Michael Crichton
The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment. But we're continually… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
If we look back in history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find a few that have not in their… — Benjamin Franklin
Fundamentalism in most of its forms is the active creation of antibodies to some threatening [god] virus. As long as threatening religions or mutations [heresies]… — Darrel Ray
To love women, to love our vaginas, to know them and touch them and be familiar with who we are and what we need. To… — Eve Ensler
The lawyers' contribution to the civilizing of humanity is evidenced in the capacity of lawyers to argue furiously in the courtroom, then sit down as… — John Silber
We are similar to a museum. My function is to present old masterpieces in modern frames. — Rudolf Bing
The reality that is present to us and in us: call it being...Silence. And the simple fact that by being attentive, by learning to listen… — Thomas Merton
God is not pre or post anything. He is present to everything. ... There is not predestination but destination, not predestiny but destiny. This follows… — Peter Kreeft
When men search for God with their bodily eyes they find Him nowhere, for He is invisible. But for those who ponder in the Spirit… — Symeon the New Theologian
We who run in the way of Love must never torment ourselves about anything. If I did not suffer minute by minute, it would be… — Therese of Lisieux
I got £25. My friends all gave me £5. It was a very thoughtful present. — Robert Pattinson
If I would expect better spiritual conditions to serve, I would not have started until the present moment. — Chico Xavier
The prospect of future lives in remote heavens as a compensation for the inadequacy of our present lives is a bad tradeoff for losing out… — Francis Harold Cook
A revival almost always begins among the laity. The ecclesiastical leaders seldom welcome reformation. History repeats itself. The present leaders are too comfortably situated as… — Frank Bartleman
Designers can show us a better future, can present us with all kinds of new possibilities so that we can decide: Is this what we… — Warren Berger
When you become present, your mind is silent. There is no agenda. You are not holding onto anything. You are not seeking anything. You are… — Leonard Jacobson
Do not live in the future, only the present is real — B.K.S. Iyengar
A greater awareness in architects and planners of their real value to society could, at the present, result in that rare occurrence, namely, the improvement… — Cedric Price
Everything we now enjoy has been provided through the kindness of other beings, past or present. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
I was eight years old when I joined the Church, I preached my first sermon when I was fourteen, and yet I was a missionary… — Griffith John

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