Quote of Simone de Beauvoir - The present is not a potential...
Biography - Simone de Beauvoir:
French writer, intellectual and philosopher.
Born: 1908 - Died: 1986
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1908 - Died: 1986
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
The present is not a potential past; it is the moment of choice and action.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about the past:
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Quotes about the present:
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Quotes about decision:
As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
Never is done tomorrow what is not done today
And one should let no day slip by.
With resolution seize the possible straightway
By forelock and with quick, courageous trust;
Then holding fast you will not let it further fly
And you will labour on because you must.
And one should let no day slip by.
With resolution seize the possible straightway
By forelock and with quick, courageous trust;
Then holding fast you will not let it further fly
And you will labour on because you must.
Quotes about action:
Simone de Beauvoir also said...
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