Full Idea
What would be left of our thought if we were to leave out of the account all the thoughts which have to do with the future and the past? Nothing would be left. So what we do possess, the present, is something non-existent.
Gist of Idea
If we ignore all our thoughts of the past and the future, there is nothing left of the present
Source
Simone Weil (Lect 4: Ethics and Aesthetics [1933], p.198)
A Reaction
Yet another paradox of the weirdness of the present moment. For idealists that means the present doesn't exist, so either time is eternal, or non-existent. Or fragmentary, if it only consists of our thoughts.
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'Lectures on Philosophy' [CUP 1978], p.198