#resent

I hear from afar the shouts of that false wisdom which is ever dragging us onwards, counting the present as nothing, and pursuing without pause a future which flies as we pursue, that false wisdom which removes us from our place and never brings us to any other. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#present #education

You have very accurately described the difficulty of presenting my books on film: many of my characters are alone most of the time, and when they do talk, what they say is mostly lies. That can make for a pretty confusing film. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#alone #books #characters #confusing #described

Richard Nixon was a serial collector of resentments. ↗

— Rick Perlstein

#resentment #forgiveness

Letting go doesn’t just mean letting go of the past, but letting go of an unknown future; and embracing NOW. ↗

— Michelle Cruz-Rosado

#letting-go-of-stuff #living-in-the-present #forgiveness

We need not renounce the use of conventional force. We will be ready to repel any clear and present danger that poses a genuine threat to our national security and survival. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

#clear #conventional #danger #force #genuine

This is my present, you know. My present from Mother. ↗

— Gypsy Rose Lee

#mother #present #you

You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking how you'll escape one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present. ↗

— John Green

#labyrinth #life #past #present #imagination

There's nothing more exciting than to watch a story break and grow, and to be the first one to present it to the world. ↗

— Matt Drudge

#break #exciting #first #grow #more

I hope I presented what I felt the woman seemed to be about, but I couldn't give any reason as to why she remained in the relationship other than that their relationship was very special. ↗

— Jenny Agutter

#any #felt #give #hope #i

Living in the present moment means living according to truth and principle (but not according to hard rigid dogma) flexibly applied in the particular way required by the immediate situation in which you are. Such a way of living leaves you free, not ruled tyrannically by imposed regulations which may not at all suit the particular case. ↗

— Paul Brunton

#inspirational #present-moment #principle #inspirational