“Happiness is something that you can definitely achieve. At first, it will just come for a moment or two. Then it will come for longer periods of time. Eventually you will be happy all of the time.” FirstsTwoMomentsHappinessAchieveBuddhismPeriods Author:Frederick Lenz
“Oh! think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods, Oh! 'tis a dreadful interval of time, Filled up with horror all, and big with death!” ThinkingMomentsBigsLastsBirthPeriodsHorrorConscienceFilledPlotAnxiousIntervalsFilled Up Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison
“We tend to take things for granted that we've had for long periods of time. Take a moment to appreciate the person in your life. Realize why you are with them. Take a moment with them and really be in that moment completely.” PersonsLongMomentsRealizingPeriodsAppreciateGrantedThat MomentLong Periods Of TimeTaking Things For Granted Author:Pandora Boxx
“What is a great man who has made his mark upon history? Every time, if we think far enough, he is a man who has looked through the confusion of the moment and has seen the moral issue involved; he is a man who has refused to have his sense of justice distorted; he has listened to his conscience until conscience becomes a trumpet call to like-minded men, so that they gather about him, and together, with mutual purpose and mutual aid, they make a new period in history.” IfsThinkingMenMadeEnoughMomentsTogetherPurposeJusticeMoralHistoryIssuesInvolvedPeriodsConscienceMarkAidsConfusionGreat MenMutualTrumpetsMoral IssuesMutual Aid Author:Jane Addams
“He's a tremendous breath of fresh air. The things he [Pope Francis] has done in a short period of time: the fact that he does not live in a huge papal mansion and just dropped by in the dining room where ordinary people have meals. You think of his background, where he didn't use limousines in South America, that he used public transport. I'm so, so thrilled that he is there at this crucial moment in the history of our world.” PeopleThinkingWorldDoeDoneMomentsFactsUseAmericaUsedRoomsAirHugePeriodsOrdinaryBreathsSouthBackgroundsMealsOur WorldCrucialPopeOrdinary PeopleTransportMansionsDiningFresh AirSouth AmericaDining RoomsLimousinesCrucial Moments Author:Desmond Tutu
“I once wrote a lecture for Manchester University called « Moments of Discovery » in which I said that there are two moments that are important. There's the moment when you know you can find out the answer and that's the period you are sleepless before you know what it is. When you've got it and know what it is, then you can rest easy.” KnowsSaidTwoImportantMomentsEasyAnswersPeriodsDiscoveryUniversityLecturesManchesterRest Easy Author:Dorothy Hodgkin
“I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.” MomentsDreamBeautifulPaintingPeriodsScaryClarityFrighteningClarity Of ThoughtMoments Of Clarity Book:Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890: Vision and Reality Source: Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890: Vision and Reality
“Samsara-the Wheel of Existence, literally, the "Perpetual Wandering"-is the name by which is designated the sea of life ever restlessly heaving up and down, the symbol of this continuous process of ever again and again being born, growing old, suffering, and dying. (It) is constantly changing from moment to moment, (as lives) follow continuously one upon the other through inconceivable periods of time. Of this Samsara, a single lifetime constitutes only a vanishingly tiny fraction.” MomentsSufferingNamesProcessBornExistenceGrowingSeaDyingPeriodsLifetimeTinyWanderSymbolsWheelsPerpetualAgain And AgainReincarnationUp And DownGrowing OldFractionsSingle LifeSamsara Author:Gautama Buddha
“Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort. Do not talk to him about the interests and rights of the human race; that little private business of his for the moment absorbs all his thoughts, and he hopes that public disturbances can be put off to some other time.” HumansLittlesMomentsIndividualInterestRaceRightsPlansPeriodsComfortIncreaseSelfishnessHuman RaceDisturbance Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“So for a period of time each day, try to sit, without moving, without expecting anything, as if you were in your last moment. Moment after moment you feel your last instant. In each inhalation and each exhalation there are countless instants of time. Your intention is to live in each instant.” IfsFeelsTryingMomentsLastsMovingTimePeriodsIntentionInstantEach DayExpecting Author:Shunryu Suzuki
“My falling in love with spoken word poetry definitely came out of that time period where all the adults around me were failing to supply me with any answers. Everyone was too busy dealing with things that were more important. I was pretty lost and invisible. And all of a sudden, this world opened up where I could get on stage and perform in front of my peers. People would listen to me and see me, and people would say, "That thing you created was important." And that was so validating and necessary at that specific moment.” PeopleWorldImportantMomentsFallLostAnswersFailingStageFrontsThis WorldPeriodsAdultsFalling In LoveBusyInvisiblePeersToo BusyListen To MeSpoken WordTime Periods Author:Sarah Kay
“I don't personally believe in an arrived state of enlightenment. I feel that being human is a constant practice of return. We have moments of clarity, and then we're confused. We have incredibly sensitive periods of being awake, and then we're numb. Being human is a very universal and a very personal practice of learning how to return when we can't get access to what we know.” KnowsFeelsBelieveHumansStatesMomentsPracticeReturnPeriodsEnlightenmentUniversalConstantAccessClaritySensitiveAwakeConfusedBeing HumanNumbMoments Of Clarity Author:Mark Nepo
“An artist requires the upkeep of creative solitude. An artist requires the healing of time alone. Without this period of recharging, our artist becomes depleted. Until we experience the freedom of solitude, we cannot connect authentically. We may be enmeshed, but we are not encountered. Art lies in the moment of encounter. We meet our truth and we meet ourselves and we meet our self-expression.” MayArtSelfMomentsLyingArtistHealingCreativeExpressionPeriodsSolitudeEncountersMe AloneSelf ExpressionAlone TimeUpkeepRecharging Author:Julia Cameron
“We always need to remember that behind almost every great moment in history, there are heroic people doing really boring and frustrating things for a prolonged period of time.” PeopleNeedsMomentsRememberBehindsPeriodsBoringActivismHeroicFrustratingGreat MomentsFrustrating Things Author:Gail Collins