“The Present is the moving Infinity, the legitimate sphere of the Relative. Relativity seeks Adjustment; Adjustment is Art. The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“Chinese historians have always spoken of Taoism as the "art of being in the world," for it deals with the present—ourselves. It is in us that God meets with Nature, and yesterday parts from to-morrow.”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“I have no need for the past, I thought, like a child. I did not consider that the past might have a need for me.”— Jonathan Safran Foer, amazon.com