#sent

In my opinion the greatest advantage we can at present expect from our Navy; for at this early period We can not expect to have a Navy to cope with the British. ↗

— William Whipple

#british #cope #early #expect #greatest

Only nine States have been represented since my arrival 'till within three days. There are now Eleven States barely represented. This tardiness in the States or their Delegates, besides retarding the most important Business makes it exceeding fatiguing to those that do attend. ↗

— William Whipple

#attend #barely #been #besides #business

Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#death #duration #eternal #eternal life #eternity

The most important precedents deal with the whole idea of symbolic programming - the notion of setting up symbolic expressions that can represent anything one wants, and then having functions that operate on both their structure and content. ↗

— Stephen Wolfram

#both #content #deal #expressions #functions

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

#belief #beliefs #center #cooperation #dedication

Now is everything Now is the essence Now is the focus Focus on the now For that is the key ↗

— Karen Hackel

#living-in-the-present #living-life-to-the-full #new-age #now #the-present

...his soul (was) ringing like a well-struck bell. But it was a bell that rang with more than joy and adoration — there was the sound there too of anger and resentment. She would not look at him because she did not want to be in his presence. She hated him and he (how could he not?) hated her in return. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#arbell #cale #god #hand #hate

Resentment is like a drug. Once you pick it up, it will only get worse and worse until you surrender and do the work to let it go. ↗

— Samantha Leahy

#addiction-recovery #anger #emotions #inspirational #recovery

Stay More' is synonymous with 'Status Quo' in fact, there are people who believe, or who like to believe, that the name of the town was intended as an entreaty, beseeching the past to remain present. ↗

— Donald Harington

#past #present #progress #architecture

Be first, different & daring ↗

— James D. Roumeliotis

#james-roumeliotis #business