Past is dead Future is uncertain; Present is all you have, So eat, drink and live merry.
Interpretation
Focus on the present moment as it is the only time you truly have.
This quote emphasizes the importance of living in the present and enjoying life rather than being weighed down by the past or overly concerned about the future. Einstein encourages us to appreciate the moment and engage in joyful activities, suggesting that the present is our only certainty.
In practice
This quote can be used during a motivational speech about mindfulness.
I cannot then believe in this concept of an anthropomorphic God who has the powers of interfering with these natural laws. As I said before, the most beautiful and most profound religious emotion that we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. And this mysticality is the power of all true science.
If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject.
We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies
Faith is a fine invention When gentlemen can see, But microscopes are prudent In an emergency.
Sometimes a tree tells you more than can be read in books.
Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what's said and what's done.
The illusion of the seventh veil was the illusion that you could get somebody else to do it for you. To think for you. To hang on your cross. The priest, the rabbi, the imam, the swami, the philosophical novelist were traffic cops, at best. They might direct you through a busy intersection, but they wouldn't follow you home and park your car.
One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.
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