"Most people have learned to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no need to dwell on the past. And if the present has little effect on the future, present actions need not be weighed for their consequence. Rather, each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own. ... It is a world of impulse. It is a world of sincerity. It is a world in which every word spoken speaks just to that moment, every glance given has only one meaning."

-- Alan Lightman

#Past Quotes #Islands Quotes #People Quotes

“I think when you're really stressed out and can't really face reality... you shop.”
“People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.”
“Atheism is a disease of the mind caused by eating underdone philosophy”
“I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“In families children tend to take on stock roles, as if there were hats hung up in some secret place, visible only to the children. Each succeeding child selects a hat and takes on that role: the good child, the black sheep, the clown, and so forth.”

Source : Ellen Galinsky (1981). “Between generations: the six stages of parenthood”, Smithmark Pub
“Within its gates I heard the sound Of winds in cypress caverns caught Of huddling tress that moaned, and sought To whisper what their roots had found. (â€œA Dream of Fearâ€)”

Source : George Sterling (1908). “A Wine of Wizardry: And Other Poems”
“Your role is to do and say the things that need to be done and said from your unique perspective.”

Source : Brad Warner (2010). “Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate: A Trip Through Death, Sex, Divorce, and Spiritual Celebrity in Search of the True Dharma”, p.208, New World Library
“We're a stupid industry led by stupid people,”

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