"We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life."

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Source : FaceBook post by P.D. James from Jan 20, 2015

P. D. James

#Moments Quotes #Eternal Life Quotes #Present Moment Quotes

“Obviously you have to make a profit to put out a newspaper. I'm not an idiot. But when the margins are in excess of 25 per cent you're talking about greed.”
“As I write, snow is falling outside my Maine window, and indoors all around me half a hundred garden catalogues are in bloom.”
“Between beauty of expression and power of expression there is a difference of function. The first aims at pleasing the senses, the second has a spiritual vitality which for me is more moving and goes deeper than the senses.”

Source : Henry Moore (1986). “Henry Moore”, Hodder & Stoughton
“When you are reluctant to change, think of the beauty of autumn.”
“There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.”
“In fact, I think 500 years from now, the two Americans so far who will be remembered are George Washington and Neil Armstrong, who, amazingly hasn't been paid very much attention.”

Source : "Interview With Kevin Gutzman On George Washington". "Mike Church Show", www.mikechurch.com. May 1, 2013.
“The Bible doesn't speak of "women's rights" in the social-political language we're used to hearing today. Still, that doesn't mean the Bible is silent on the subject.”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“Let me tell you what I just heard. Talk, talk, talk, I. Talk, talk, talk, I. Well, what about me?”

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