Present Quotes

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The present system is unsustainable. The only question is whether we will master the change or it will master us. — Hillary Clinton
Dhyana is retaining one's tranquil state of mind in any circumstance, unfavorable as well as favorable, and not being disturbed or frustrated even when adverse… — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
In the early Buddhist view, then, a persons identity resides not in an enduring self but in his actions (karma)- that is in the choices… — Joanna Macy
Memory is therefore, neither Perception nor Conception, but a state or affection of one of these, conditioned by lapse of time. As already observed, there… — Aristotle
I cannot exist without you - I am forgetful of every thing but seeing you again - my Life seems to stop there - I… — John Keats
History matters. It matters whether we tell the truth about what happened centuries ago, and it matters whether we tell the truth about more recent… — Robert Jensen
The ever-present expectancy of death is never far removed from any of us - whether we realize it or not. None of us can avoid… — Richard L. Evans
Most of these Mountains and Inland places whereon these kind of Petrify'd Bodies and Shells are found at present, or have been heretofore, were formerly… — Robert Hooke
Moral stimulation is good but moral complacency is the most dangerous habit of mind we can develop, and that danger is serious and ever-present. — Joseph Grew
In general people experience their present naively, as it were, without being able to form an estimate of its contents; they have first to put… — Sigmund Freud
These tenses-past, present and future-are not the tenses of time; they are tenses of the mind. That which is no longer before the mind becomes… — Rajneesh
Examine the present and learn from the past to see how the future will unfold. Too often we just look at the present and base… — Shinjo Ito
Live in the present as if the future is going to become the past that you have changed. — Philip K. Jason
In the past we have had a light which flickered, in the present we have a light which flames, and in the future there will… — Winston Churchill
We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every serious-minded person knows that a large part of the effort required in moral discipline consists in the courage needed to acknowledge the unpleasant consequences… — John Dewey
The river is everywhere at the same time . . . everywhere and the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past,… — Hermann Hesse
Try to find the real tense of the report you are reading: Was it done, is it being done, or is something to be done?… — Unknown Author
The only use of a knowledge of the past is to equip us for the present. The present contains all that there is. It is… — Alfred North Whitehead
Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my… — Isaac Watts
Marriage is an effort to legalize love. It is out of fear. It is thinking about the future, about the tomorrows. Man always thinks of… — Rajneesh
I look forward serenely to the course of events, confident that the Fountain of supreme wisdom and virtue will provide for the happiness of his… — Gouverneur Morris
In the West, marriage is collapsing because it is based on love. And a marriage that is based on love is bound to fail. There… — Rajneesh
Am reserving two tickets for you for my premiere. Come and bring a friend - if you have one. Telegram inviting Winston Churchill to opening… — George Bernard Shaw
It is the privilege and duty of the present generation to pass on to its successors, unimpaired, the heritage of liberty bequeathed to it by… — George B. Cortelyou

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