“The past is weird. I mean, does it really exist? It feels like it exists, but where is it? And if it did exists, but doesn’t now, then where did it go?”
Source: A Tale for the Time Being
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“The children are now working as if I did not exist.”
Maria Montessori (1870–1952) Italian pedagogue, philosopher and physician
Source: The Absorbent Mind (1949), Ch. 27 : The Teacher's Preparation, p. 283; part of this has become paraphrased as :
Context: One who has drunk at the fountain of spiritual happiness says good-by of his own accord to the satisfactions that come from a higher professional status … What is the greatest sign of success for a teacher thus transformed? It is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."
“In this job an illusion of beauty is sold which doesn’t really exist like that.”
Heidi Klum (1973) German model, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and actress
Interview in Der Spiegel (10 February 2006) http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,druck-400167,00.html <br class="br">Context: In this job an illusion of beauty is sold which doesn’t really exist like that. It’s like a work of art, an act. I cry in front of the camera but am not really sad. I’ve just come from a job, am made-up and made to look beautiful with fantastic clothes and hair and nails all done.
“We should not impose regularity where it does not exist.”
Ted Nelson (1937) American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist; coined the terms "hypertext" and "hypermedia"
Ted Nelson on Zigzag data structures http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WEj9vqVvHPc#t=188s (6 September, 2008
“The place where even the slightest trace of the 'I' does not exist, alone is Self.”
Ramana Maharshi (1879–1950) Indian religious leader
Nan Yar = Who am I?
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Il n’y a point de déguisement qui puisse longtemps cacher l’amour où il est, ni le feindre où il n’est pas.
Maxim 70.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“You exist without the feeling of existence, existence has no meaning.”
B.K.S. Iyengar (1918–2014) Indian yoga teacher and scholar
Source: Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom, p. 57
