Quotes by Past Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instant, and that the past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality. Alan Watts eye reality past If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world. Alan Watts real past world The past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality. Alan Watts concrete reality past We tend to regard ourselves as puppets of the Past, driven along by something that is always behind us. Alan Watts driven puppets past The world is in an extremely dangerous situation, and serious diseases often require the risk of a dangerous cure like the Pasteur serum for rabies. Alan Watts dangerous-situations risk past In the past, I had workaholic issues. Alanis Morissette workaholic issues past Society, magazines, posters, music videos, investment bankers. A lot of times, in my past anyway, looking within wasn't overly encouraged. Pretty much everybody proclaimed that fame would give me power and fortune. Alanis Morissette giving past bankers There ought not be two histories, one of political and moral action and one of political and moral theorizing, because there were not two pasts, one populated only by actions, the other only by theories. Every action is the bearer and expression of more or less theory-laden beliefs and concepts; every piece of theorizing and every expression of belief is a politcal and moral action. Alasdair MacIntyre expression two past I think whatever we've done as a band at The Clientele, we've done because it's so natural. Our "old" sound isn't really like any actual bands from old times. We take elements of past music styles and past sounds as a way to... this is going to sound very pretentious and perhaps overly thought-out, but as a way to strike chords of vague nostalgia, and strike chords of, "I've heard this before somewhere." That's what a lot of our music is about in terms of the words and ideas behind it, so we really use old sounds as a way to serve that agenda. Alasdair MacLean style past thinking The past stands in the path of the future, knowing it will be crushed. Alaya Dawn Johnson knowing path past I am very sensitive to the smells and sensations that are part of perfumes because they remind me of things: moments from the past, people, events. Alber Elbaz smell people past Through their capacity to manipulate symbols and to engage in reflective thought, people can generate novel ideas and innovative actions that transcend their past experiences Albert Bandura people past ideas People are much more likely to act on their self-percepts of efficacy inferred from many sources of information rather than rely primarily on visceral cues. This is not surprising because self knowledge based on information about one's coping skills, past accomplishments, and social comparison is considerably more indicative of capability than the indefinite stirrings of the viscera Albert Bandura skills self past In the past I've tended to overreact. I was sure I'd be a superstar by the time I was twenty-one. Baseball messed up my plan of life. When I fail I get upset. Sometimes I get upset too quickly, without thinking of consequences. Albert Belle baseball past thinking People don't need to know what Albert Belle is thinking. I've learned from my mistakes in the past, and that's what's made me a better person. Albert Belle mistake past thinking We know the surrealist solution: concrete irrationality, objective risk. Poetry is the conquest, the only possible conquest, of the 'supreme position', 'a certain position of the mind from where life and death, the real and the imaginary, the past and the future... cease to be perceived in a contradictory sense.' Albert Camus life-and-death real past In the past, the poverty they shared had a certain sweetness about it. When the end of the day came and they would eat their dinner in silence with the oil lamp between them, there was a secret joy in such simplicity, such retrenchment. Albert Camus oil silence past For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men. Albert Claude sight men past I'm more interested in the future than in the past, because the future is where I intend to live. Albert Einstein past Time is not at all what it seems. It does not flow in only one direction, and the future exists simultaneously with the past. Albert Einstein one-direction doe past «678910111213141516»