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When thou seemest to ignore everyone present, Knowest not thou it is thine own self That both boreth and displeaseth thee?

Language is the memory of man. Without it he has no past, a paltry present, and an empty future. With it he can bring his dreams to life.

My mind to me a kingdom is, Such present joys therein I find, That it excels all other bliss That earth affords or grows by kind. Though much I want which most would have, Yet still my mind for bids to crave.

How can a modern anthropologist embark upon a generalization with any hope of arriving at a satisfactory conclusion? By thinking of the organizational ideas that are present in any society as a mathematical pattern.

Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.

The purpose of seasonal festivals is periodically to revive the topocosm. Gaster coined this word from the Greek - topo for place and cosmos for world order. Topocosm means "the world order of a particular place." The topocosm is the entire complex of any given locality conceived as a living organism, not just the human community but the total community - the plants, animals and soils of the place. The topocosm is not only the actual and present living community but also that continuous entity of which the present community is but the current manifestation.

Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.

A big thinker always visualizes what can be done in the future. He is not stuck with the present.

Get the big view of your job. Think, really think your present job is important. That next promotion depends mostly on how you think toward your present job.

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.