Present Quotes

6568 Present quotes by 3495 unique authors

I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly… — Rebecca West
To live without love, compassion, or any other spiritual value creates a state of such severe imbalance that every cell yearns to correct it. Ultimately,… — Deepak Chopra
Proper wedding vows are more a promise of mutually binding future love than a declaration of your present love. — Timothy Keller
It’s okay if no one believes like you, all experience is unique, no one has the same synapses, can’t think like you, for this be… — Tanya Davis
However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between… — Antonin Artaud
God, whose love and joy are present everywhere, can't come to visit you unless you aren't there. — Angelus Silesius
I think a Chris Jericho triple DVD set is a great present. I don't what my kids are complaining about.... — Chris Jericho
As I experience it, appreciation of beauty is access to the soul. With beauty in our lives, we walk and carry ourselves more lightly and… — Jean Shinoda Bolen
The useful may be trusted to further itself, for many produce it and no one can do without it; but the beautiful must be specially… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Most of the time, if you're not really paying attention, you're someplace else. So your child might say, "Daddy, I want this," and you might… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
It is said that the Christian mystic Theresa of Avila found difficulty at first in reconciling the vastness of the life of the spirit with… — Rachel Naomi Remen
A look filled with understanding, an accepting smile, a loving word, a meal shared in warmth and awareness are the things which create happiness in… — Nhat Hanh
It is not the multitude of hard duties, it is not the constraint and contention that advance us in our Christian course. On the contrary,… — Francois Fenelon
I do have strong convictions and political opinions, but I don't think it's necessary to imbue my photographic work with them. I use photography as… — Michael Kenna
The present inhabitation of Mars be a race superior to ours is very probable. — Camille Flammarion
I heard Gillian say, with a laugh, At this point, does anyone expect the liberals not to be total hypocrites? She was oblivious to the… — Curtis Sittenfeld
Envy ought to have no place allowed it in the hearts of people; for the goods of this present world are so vile and low… — Charles Caleb Colton
I regret exceedingly that the disputes between the protestants and Roman Catholics should be carried to the serious alarming height mentioned in your letters. Religious… — George Washington
Community cannot take root in a divided life. Long before community assumes external shape and form, it must be present as seed in the undivided… — Parker J. Palmer
In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in… — Henry David Thoreau
It is our very fear of the future that distorts the now that could lead to a different future if we dared to be whole… — Marion Woodman
Morality has been conceived up to the present in a very narrow spirit, as obedience to a law, as inner struggle between opposite laws. As… — Ernest Renan
I have now transformed into a sensitive; a person who is able to detect when spirits are present. It's a skill that's evolved over hundreds… — Zak Bagans
Hatha yoga is a powerful tool for self-transformation. It asks us to bring our attention to our breath, which helps us to still the fluctuations… — Cyndi Lee
When you are present, you are transcendent of the mind and ego and so you can witness your mind and ego. You can be conscious… — Leonard Jacobson

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