267 quotes found
“And there is neither beginning nor end, nor past nor future; there is only a present, at the same time static and ephemeral, multiple and absolute. It is the vital ocean in which we all share, acco...”
“When one was full of energy and enthusiasm the world was an apple, the future was way beyond the horizon and only the present was pertinent.”
“Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.”
“Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the ...”
“Walking along past the store windows, into which she peers with her usual eagerness, her usual sense that maybe, today, she will discover behind them something that will truly be worth seeing, she ...”
“When I meet you, in that moment, I am no longer a part of your future. I start quickly becoming part of your past. But in that instant, I get to share a part of your present. And you get to share a...”
“Time is your cathedral. You know the present is only a pretty illusion in the minds of men. And I think you know that nothing has ever passed away, not entirely.”
“Writing is taking human experience and wrapping it up into a package of your own ideas and hoping someone will pull the bow smiling on top to see what's hiding inside.”
“What you were and what you are now... it's nothing... everything just lies in between...”
“The future is simple. The future is simple, I can hold it i the palm of my hand; and the present is just a matter of endurance, detachment, and a sense of humor.”
“Taoism as the "art of being in the world," for it deals with the presentourselves. It is in us that God meets with Nature, and yesterday parts from to-morrow. The Present is the moving Infinity, th...”
“Harry, Im going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Dont plan it, dont wait for it, just let it happen”
“Dennis was present, still present, and this, she thought as she stayed landed against him, was no small talent.”
“Neither bend from sorrows of the past, Nor be anxious about future or get excited in the present.Past, present and future are all manifested in AUM- the Self;Which combines all three energies, Mate...”
“Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity.”
“I absolutely adore Agatha Christie; so much so that when I received a kitten for my Christmas present, I called her Agatha, and I already have a cat called Hercule!”
“What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?”
“In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that...”
“In Jamaica, them always have throwback riddims, recycled old beats, and the hardcore reggae scene is always present. You have faster stuff like the more commercialized stuff, but you always have th...”
“The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.”