“The past has passed; the time for grace is now! Let's respond to the grace of this moment with the gifts of the Spirit active in our lives.” MomentsPastSpiritGraceOur LivesActiveGifts Of The Spirit Author:Kimberly Hahn
“Stale artifacts of the past' are always 'active components of the present moment' when they are experienced in the present moment.” MomentsPastTraditionActivePresent MomentComponentsStaleArtifacts Author:Walter Darby Bannard
“[The taxidermist is] a historian, dealing with an animal's past; the zookeeper is a politician, dealing with an animal's present; and everyone else is a citizen who must decide on that animal's future (...) The indifference of the many, combined with the active hatred of the few, has sealed the fate of animals.” PastAnimalFateCitizensPoliticianHatredActiveIndifferenceHistorianZookeepers Book:Beatrice & Virgil Source: Beatrice & Virgil
“The age-long history of thinking on gravitation, too, was erased from the collective consciousness, and that force somehow became the serendipitous child of Newton's genius. The new attitude is well illustrated by the anecdote of the apple, a legend spread by Voltaire, one of the most active and vehement erasers of the past. ... The need to build the myth of an ex nihilo creation of modern science gave rise to much impassioned rhetoric.” ThinkingNeedsWellsChildrenLongAgePastForceConsciousnessAttitudeModernCreationGeniusSpreadActiveMythApplesCollectivesLegendsRhetoricExesNewtonModern ScienceAnecdotesGravitationCollective ConsciousnessErasersImpassionedVehementNew Attitude Author:Lucio Russo
“As the proud father of two teens and past Chairman to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, I am committed to educating parents and especially young people on ways to live a long, healthy and active life.” PeopleWayLongTwoPastYoungFatherSportsParentPresidentProudHealthyCommittedActiveFitnessTeensCouncilChairmanWay To LivePhysical FitnessActive LifeProud Father Author:Lee Haney
“Knowledge about yourself binds, weighs, ties you down; there is no freedom to move, and you act and move within the limits of thatknowledge. Learning about yourself is never the same as accumulating knowledge about yourself. Learning is active present and knowledge is the past; if you are learning to accumulate, it ceases to be learning; knowledge is static, more can be added to it or taken away from it, but learning is active, nothing can be added or taken away from it for there is no accumulation at any time.” IfsPastMovingKnowledgeLearningTakenLimitsActiveCeaseTiesAbout YourselfAccumulationStaticLearning KnowledgeLearning About Yourself Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti