Quotes About Present

Those old stories of visions and dreams guiding men have their truth; we are saved by making the future present to ourselves.

Your good is happening right now, even as you accept this statement of truth.

The truth is in the present moment.

A truth looks freshest in the fashions of the day.

I think the only thing that we even have a small tangent of reality or truth about is right now - the moment that is happening right this second. Everything else is up for grabs.

Here or nowhere is our heaven.

How sweet it would be to treat men and things, for an hour, for just what they are!

Begin where you are. Read every word, every phrase, every paragraph of the mind, as it operates through thought.

Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view.

The truth is that history constantly presents new problems in the guise of old.

Never pursue happiness, just be happy.

Live conscious of every moment and the wonder available in it.

Regrets are useless, " the Fool replied. "All you can do is start from where you are.

It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis.

This is our life happening... and it's happening right now.

The purpose of history is to explain the present - to say why the world around us is the way it is. History tells us what is important in our world, and how it came to be. It tells us what is to be ignored, or discarded. That is true power - profound power. The power to define a whole society.

Temporal provincials were convinced that the present was the only time that mattered, and that anything that had occurred earlier could be safely ignored.

The purpose of history is to explain the present—to say why the world around us is the way it is. History tells us what is important in our world, and how it came to be. It tells us why the things we value are the things we should value. And it tells us what is to be ignored, or discarded. That is true power—profound power. The power to define a whole society.

Do not think ahead, and be cheerful by knowing that no man lives forever.

He had a term for people like this: temporal provincials—people who were ignorant of the past, and proud of it. Temporal provincials were convinced that the present was the only time that mattered, and that anything that had occurred earlier could be safely ignored.

Per un momento sono semplicemente e completamente felici. Ci sono, proprio adesso, e sono riuscite, in qualche modo, nel corso di diciotto anni, a continuare ad amarsi. È abbastanza. In questo momento è abbastanza.

You don't have to matter any more than you do right now.

Substitutes are always present, but they are easy to overlook because they may appear to be very different from the industry's product p.31

Er dachte einige Zeit nach. Dann sprach er weiter: Man darf nie an die ganze Straße auf einmal denken, verstehst du? Man muß nur an den nächsten Schritt denken, an den nächsten Atemzug, an den nächsten Besenstrich. Und immer wieder nur an den nächsten. Wieder hielt er inne und überlegte, ehe er hinzufügte: Dann macht es Freude; das ist wichtig, dann macht man seine Sache gut. Und so soll es sein.