Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“If you are living in the past or in the future, you will never find a meaning in the present.”
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Italian scholar, essayist and poet 1941Related quotes
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Context: The tenth penetration is, "All times penetrate one time. One time penetrates all times — past, present, and future. In one second, you can find the past, present, and future." In the past, you can see the present and the future. In the present, you can find the past and future. In the future, you can find the past and present. They "inter-contain" each other. Space contains time, time contains space. In the teaching of interpenetration, one determines the other, the other determines this one. When we realize our nature of interbeing, we will stop blaming and killing, because we know that we inter-are.
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Original: (it) Evita il passato, vivi il presente, anticipa il futuro.
Source: prevale.net
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Variant: It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.
Source: Dune
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Fa che ogni tuo istante sia sempre migliore di quello passato, si vive di presente per il futuro, si vive d'amore, musica, felicità e soprattutto coraggio nei momenti difficili.
Source: prevale.net