An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its future.
The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like.
It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.
Belfast is a city which, while not forgetting its past, is living comfortably with its present and looking forward to its future.
So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future.
I'm not someone who lives in the past; I find other people live in my past. I live in the present and the future.
I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.
All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful and painful.
On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life and politics.
Life presents you with so many decisions. A lot of times, they're right in front of your face and they're really difficult, but we must make them.
I don't want to be a princess who sits on the sidelines; I want to be present and actively involved. It's a life with a purpose.
I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a child's life when parents must be absolutely and completely present.
It is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer discourse, and not afraid of the truthful difficulty of the average human life.
It might be liberating to think of human life as informed by losses and disappearances as much as by gifted appearances, allowing a more present participation and witness to the difficulty of living.
When you come across someone colorful and vibrant maybe in the present it isn't so interesting, but, in the past, it sheds a wonderful light onto living life.
I'm learning how to live in the present and be grateful for what's working rather than look for the 'what's not working' piece.
I love stories, and as I got older, I realized how important what happened yesterday is to how you try to make your present better.
Look at every Zion society from ancient times to present, and you find at its center love for others.
I do think it's important to live in the present because in that way you won't be living in a state of regret.
