Quotes about present
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William Thomson photo

“Now I think hydrodynamics is to be the root of all physical science, and is at present second to none in the beauty of its mathematics.”

William Thomson (1824–1907) British physicist and engineer

Source: In a letter addressed to George Stokes dated December 20, 1857, as quoted in Fluid Mechanics in the Next Century https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3101925 (1996), by Mohamed Gad-el-Hak and Mihir Sen.

Franjo Tuđman photo
Ti-Anna Wang photo

“The truth is, the lives of activists are much more complicated than what the novel presented. My father was not a regular man nor a regular father. He gave himself to his cause, and our relationship was forged by distance. There is no resentment. The world needs people like my father.”

Ti-Anna Wang (1989) Chinese dissident

"Daughter of imprisoned Chinese activist inspires ‘Nine Days’ by Fred Hiatt, a book about their plight" in The Washington Post https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:TAgbvFpO2-kJ:https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/daughter-of-imprisoned-chinese-activist-inspires-nine-days-by-fred-hiatt-a-book-about-their-plight/2013/04/05/67b339d0-9e03-11e2-a2db-efc5298a95e1_story.html+&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us (5 April 2013)

“I want to denaturalize the present.”

Ethan H. Shagan (1971) American historian

Source: 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award: Professor Ethan Shagan, History https://teaching.berkeley.edu/file/609 (April 2019)

Vera Stanley Alder photo
Vera Stanley Alder photo
Vera Stanley Alder photo

“At present nations are held back by fear for the loss of their individuality, and they are quite right, because individual expression is essential.”

Vera Stanley Alder (1898–1984) British artist

Source: Humanity Comes of Age, A study of Individual and World Fulfillment (1950), Introduction p. I - XII

Vera Stanley Alder photo

“We will endeavour to produce a guide book to progress for those of us who accept this new challenge of adulthood... we will outline the picture of past and present trends of human development.”

Vera Stanley Alder (1898–1984) British artist

Source: Humanity Comes of Age, A study of Individual and World Fulfillment (1950), Introduction p. I - XII

Vera Stanley Alder photo
Max Müller photo

“If I live for one purpose it is for this, that I will preach the union of Eastern and Western philosophy, the reconciliation of Europe and Asia. The idea may seem absurd to many in the present age. It may provoke ridicule and angry reviling. But posterity will prove a better judge.”

Max Müller (1823–1900) German-born philologist and orientalist

Source: quoted in Ibn, W. (2009). Defending the West: A critique of Edward Said's Orientalism. Amherst, N.Y: Prometheus Books.

Wojciech Jaruzelski photo

“Fascism presented itself not only as an alternative, but also as the heir to socialism.”

Jacob Talmon (1916–1980) Polish-born Israeli historian; Professor of Modern History; studied Cold War and totalitarianism; anti-Marx…

Source: The Myth of the Nation and the Vision of Revolution: The Origins of Ideological Polarization in the 20th Century, (1981), p. 501

“Jesus is the one who always attracts and appeals, and as much as we present the true Jesus, I think people will come back, because they really need him.”

Jorge Rodríguez-Novelo (1955) mexican-born American prelate

Source: Press conference introducing Bishop-Elect Jorge Rodriguez https://denvercatholic.org/denvers-new-auxiliary-bishop-beloved-local-community/ (August 25, 2016)

Marcus Aurelius photo
Marcus Aurelius photo
Marcus Aurelius photo
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde photo

“There is space for you in this world and the world is waiting for you to PERFECT yourself and PRESENT yourself.”

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (1978) Nigerian actress and singer

https://naijagists.com/omotola-jalade-ekeinde-wisdom-quotes-top-20-motivational-quotes-sayings-omosexy/ Omotola Jalade Ekehinde speaking on Success.

Prayut Chan-o-cha photo

“If this person says, this side good, that side not good, if media keeps presenting news like that, when will our country have peace?”

Prayut Chan-o-cha (1954) Thai military officer, junta chief, and politician

Source: Media Must Do More Than Report Facts, Says Prayuth http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1425556914&section=11 (5 March 2015)

Wojciech Jaruzelski photo
Arthur C. Clarke photo

“Slickness of presentation didn’t imply comprehensiveness of knowledge.”

Source: 2000s and posthumous publications, A Time Odyssey, Firstborn (2007), Chapter 13, “Fortress Sol” (p. 77)

Marcus Aurelius photo
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor photo

“If after ages grow more humaniz'd,
And present cruelty almost forgot;
How will the reader, shudd'ring, be surpris'd,
At living lobsters in a boiling pot.”

Isaac Gompertz (1774–1856)

Source: The Modern Antique; Or, The Muse in the Costume of Queen Anne (1813), "On the Same", p. 307

Linus Torvalds photo

“I know most of us are preparing for Christmas, but give it a whirl, ok? How important are those presents (and that family) anyway?”

Linus Torvalds (1969) Finnish-American software engineer and hacker

Torvalds, Linus, 2021-12-19, <nowiki>Linux 5.16-rc6</nowiki>, 2022-01-06 https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgWuZPhK6dgXsS42iMz4o610Uw4QXeUsTSOQheNo1tf5A@mail.gmail.com/T/#u,
2010s, 2021

“A disturbed or uneasy conscience is a gift from God. Rejoice when that happens, rather than being offended, and you will discover one of the best ways by which you can grow in holiness of life. You become free of the very sin the Lord Jesus is presenting to you.”

Paul Donoghue (1949) Roman Catholic bishop

A ‘pricked’ conscience https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-talk-a-pricked-conscience/ (15 October 2021)

Swami Vivekananda photo

“After so much austerity I have known that the highest truth is this: He is present in every being! These are all in manifold forms of him. There is no other God to seek for! He alone is worshipping God, who serves all beings!”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

Source: As quoted in Vivekananda : The Yogas and Other Works (1953), p. 173; also at "The Story Of Swami Vivekananda: Mission Impossible" at MyLifeYoga (10 December 2011) http://mylifeyoga.com/2011/12/10/the-story-of-swami-vivekananda-mission-impossibl/

Winston S. Churchill photo
Gong Yoo photo

“I still don’t know how to define or answer what is the meaning behind life and death. And I don’t think I will be able to define them in the future either. It’s difficult. What I can do, is to live my life, which is only given to me once, without regret until it runs its course. That’s I think the best I can do, at the present.”

Gong Yoo (1979) South Korean actor

Source: "Gong Yoo talks life, death and 20 years in the business" in Korea JoongAng Daily https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/04/19/entertainment/movies/Gong-Yoo-actor-interview/20210419145803689.html (19 April 2021)

Swami Vivekananda photo
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton photo
George III of the United Kingdom photo

“I am happy enough to think I have the present the real love of my subjects, and lay it down for certain that if I do not show them that I will not permit Ministers to trample on me, that my subjects will in time come to esteem me unworthy of the Crown I wear.”

George III of the United Kingdom (1738–1820) King of Great Britain and King of Ireland

Source: Letter to the Earl of Bute (November 1760), quoted in Letters from George III to Lord Bute, 1756–1766, ed. Romney Sedgwick (1939), p. 50

Pema Chödron photo

“In fact, anyone who stands on the edge of the unknown, fully in the present without reference point, experiences groundlessness.”

Pema Chödron (1936) American philosopher

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

Pema Chödron photo

“Impermanence becomes vivid in the present moment; so do compassion and wonder and courage. And so does fear.”

Pema Chödron (1936) American philosopher

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

Dilgo Khyentse photo

“Mary places herself between her Son and mankind in the reality of our hardships and sufferings. She places herself in the middle - she becomes a mediator not as a stranger, but in her role as true mother, aware that as such she makes present to her Son the needs of mankind.”

José Luis Mollaghan (1946) Argentinian archbishop

Argentinean bishop: Rosary helps Catholics face difficulties of life https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/21189/argentinean-bishop-rosary-helps-catholics-face-difficulties-of-life (18 October 2010)

Ilario Antoniazzi photo

“Ours is an apostolate of life: we present Christ simply trying to live according to his teachings.”

Ilario Antoniazzi (1948) Catholic archbishop

The challenge of an ecclesial community that is renewed every 4 years http://www.fides.org/en/news/35036-AFRICA_TUNISIA_The_challenge_of_an_ecclesial_community_that_is_renewed_every_4_years (14 January 2014)

Mark Steyn photo

“It is so depressing to watch, almost on a daily basis, the erasure of great men by know-nothing non-entities who can build nothing, create nothing, do nothing but destroy all that does not conform to the ever shifting pieties of present-tense virtue-signalling.”

Mark Steyn (1959) Canadian writer

"The Surrender of the Public Square" https://www.steynonline.com/8757/the-surrender-of-the-public-square, steynonline.com (13 August 2018)

Witness Lee photo

“To be slow is to miss a present opportunity, whereas to be patient is to anticipate a coming opportunity.”

Witness Lee (1905–1997) Chinese Christian preacher

Character, of Witness Lee - By Living Stream Ministry, ISBN 978-0-87083-322-9

Noam Chomsky photo
Garry Kasparov photo

“A […] form of present-day secularism is activism, which discounts contemplation and all interiority.”

Henri de Lubac (1896–1991) Jesuit theologian and cardinal

Part 2. "Teilhard and the Problems of Today", Ch. 5, pp. 254–255, n. 54
The Eternal Feminine (1968)

Dilgo Khyentse photo
Thomas Sankara photo

“In these tempestuous times, we can't leave our enemies of the past and the present the monopoly on thought, imagination, and creativity.”

Thomas Sankara (1949–1987) President of Upper Volta

From a speech to the United Nations on 4 October 1984 https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2007/10/SANKARA/15203

Alfred Austin photo
Kim Stanley Robinson photo

“Immigration worked as a time machine, bringing up little islands of the past into the present.”

Kim Stanley Robinson (1952) American science fiction writer

Source: Blue Mars (1996), Chapter 12, “It Goes So Fast” (p. 598)

Deng Xiaoping photo

“Our people are undertaking the historic mission of modernizing our agriculture, industry, national defence and science and technology within the present century, in order to transform China into a modern and powerful socialist state.”

Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997) Chinese politician, Paramount leader of China

Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the National Conference on Science (March 1978) (exerpts)

Emily Brontë photo
Zafar Mirzo photo
Zafar Mirzo photo
Yoshimi Takeuchi photo
Prevale photo

“Many thoughts often devour us. We all have a more or less beautiful past and we can all go haywire, but considering lived experiences as a learning an opportunity… will help us to love the present and the future of life.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Molti pensieri spesso ci divorano. Tutti abbiamo un passato più o meno bello e tutti possiamo andare in tilt, ma considerare le esperienze vissute come un'opportunità di apprendimento... ci aiuterà ad amare il presente e il futuro della vita.
Source: prevale.net

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José Baroja photo

“I have been opposed, from the beginning, to presenting ideological, political, or religious pamphleteering stances that seek to simplify the human experience into functional Manichaeism.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/

Prevale photo

“For a good future, it is essential to live the present by killing the evil of the past.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Per un buon futuro, è essenziale vivere il presente uccidendo il male del passato.
Source: prevale.net