"Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else."

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Source : Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.75, Bottom of the Hill

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

#Looks Quotes #Moments Quotes #Present Moment Quotes

“...a Conservative backbencher called Margaret Thatcher managed, despite front bench opposition, to get enacted her Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, which was aimed at opening up council meetings to both press and public.”
“If a woman is to know herself, then periods of solitude should be courted, planned, and embraced.”
“I was always the underdog that everyone identified with, and I still think I'm that way. But if you're on the other side of the fence on a certain issue, your opinion is going to change. And that was the part I was scared of, because I built my reputation on being this guy who's all about football - and I am, and I'm still the same guy, that doesn't change.”

Source : "People Told Me to Shut Up and Play Football". "Hang Up and Listen" with Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca, www.slate.com. July 18, 2016.
“When you're really tested, that's what shows you who you are as a person.”
“Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.”
“Things that happen, however painful they are at the time, do not matter very much for long. Only how we behave to them matters.”
“I can't work completely out of my imagination-I must put my foot in a bit of truth-and then I can fly free.”
“(...the non-conformist, how do you keep from getting scarred?)/i donâ€™t! i got a scar hereâ€¦and uh i got a scar on my kneeâ€¦and uh a few scars on my soul.”

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