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"If thou wilt be observant and vigilant, thou wilt see at every moment the response to thy action. Be observant if thou wouldst have a pure heart, for something is born to thee in consequence of every action."
"The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid"
"Each moment is a chance for us to make peace with the world, to make peace possible for the world, to make happiness possible for the world."
"If you are truly present and know how to take care of the present moment as best you can, you are doing your best for the future already."
"The essence of the modern state is that the universal be bound up with the complete freedom of its particular members and with private well-being, that thus the interests of family and civil society must concentrate themselves on the state. It is only when both these moments subsist in their strength that the state can be regarded as articulated and genuinely organized."
"The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be."
"I've never been particularly ambitious. I'm driven by the moment."
"Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke."
"You just have to say, 'It’s pretty damn good. I am right here at the moment and I’m OK with it. I've got other things to think about.'"
"The past is over and done and cannot be changed. This is the only moment we can experience."
"You're happy when you leave your concerns to the side and when you experience a pure moment of joy with friends."
"The basis for true change is freedom from negativity. And that's what acceptance implies: no negativity about what is. And then you see what this moment requires: what is it that is required now so that life can express itself more fully?"
"Actually, the ability to choose presence depends on the degree of presence that's emerging in you. Ultimately, you are not choosing, there's nobody there to choose. When you think you are choosing, presence is simply emerging in that moment."
"Each moment spent searching is also a moment spent finding."
"There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist"
"Commitment is that turning point in your life when you seize the moment to alter your destiny."
"The present moment dies every moment to become the past , is reborn every moment into the future. All experience is now. Now never ends."
"When we realize the shortness of life, we begin to see the importance of making every moment count."
"The moment of near despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage."
"Everything we are is at every moment alive in us."
