"I know that even at moments of apparent danger, nothing is out of order or lacking, other than our own unquestioned thoughts about those moments."
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"Never for a moment do we lay aside our mistrust of the ideals established by society, and of the convictions which are kept by it in circulation. We always know that society is full of folly and will deceive us in the matter of humanity. ... humanity meaning consideration for the existence and the happiness of individual human beings."
"Each person is at each moment capable of remembering all that has ever happened to him and of perceiving everything that is happening everywhere in the universe."
"Knowledge is an affair of symbols and is, all too often, a hindrance to wisdom, the uncovering of the self from moment to moment"
"Life is so fluid that one can only hope to capture the living moment, to capture it alive and fresh ... without destroying that moment."
"If our lives are made up of a string of a thousand moments, at some of those moments we look a lot more spiritually evolved than at others."
"The most valuable moments and experiences that life has to offer are found only along its most treacherous paths."
"Don't miss the moment. It's all we have"
"Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones."
"The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species is wise, and, when time is given to it, as a species it always acts right."
"The only thing you can do with your life is give it away. The best, happiest moments in your life are always when you're giving something away."
"Seize every second of your life and savor it. Value your present moments."
"NOW is All There is & the Future is Just Another Present Moment to Live when it Arrives"
"It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror, though under other pretexts, should be reviewed."
"There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring."
"Irony: Don't let yourself be controlled by it, especially during uncreative moments."
"Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual."
"Allowing dying to be so intensely present enriches both the preciousness of each moment and our detachment from it."
"A moment comes when "other" is no longer other."
"The richness of a moment comes when it's both full and empty at the same time. The truth is, we live simultaneously in time and timelessness."