Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

With the past, I have nothing to do nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do nor with the future. I l

Summary

This quote emphasizes the importance of living in the present moment. The speaker suggests that they have no control over the past nor the future, and therefore they choose to focus solely on the present. It reminds us to let go of regrets and worries about what has already happened or what might happen, and instead fully engage with and enjoy the present moment. By taking this approach, the individual embraces the power of now and seeks to make the most out of their current reality.

Topics

By Ralph Waldo Emerson

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Never give a man up until he has failed at something he like

Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there h

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.

Theodore Roosevelt

We cannot fathom the marvelous complexity of an organic bein

We cannot fathom the marvelous complexity of an organic being; but on the hypothesis here advanced this complexity is much increased. Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm--a little universe, formed of a host of self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and as numerous as the stars in heaven.

Science Biology Microbiology

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a s

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.

James Patrick Murray

Could it possibly be that he yearned for some of the same th

Could it possibly be that he yearned for some of the same things she yearned for? Love. Someone to call your own. Someone to share the joys and the sorrows of life.

Dorothy Garlock

Love Relationships Getting Together

O dear Pan and all the other gods of this place, grant that

O dear Pan and all the other gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the wise man rich. As for gold, let me have as much as a moderate man could bear and carry with him.

Wisdom Life Beauty Philosophy Moderation

Language is only the instrument of science, and words are bu

Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas: I wish, however, that the instrument might be less apt to decay, and that signs might be permanent, like the things they denote.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Sir Winston Churchill

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as h

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.

Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and

Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.

Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera.

Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera.