Be Present Quotes

When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture.

My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.

The present grows within the boundaries of the past.

Shall we never never get rid of this Past? ... It lies upon the Present like a giant's dead body.

Technology is similarly just a catalyst at times for fundamental forces already present.

The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most temporal part of time--for the Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays.

The present moment contains past and future. The secret of transformation, is in the way we handle this very moment.

[The Euclidean algorithm is] the granddaddy of all algorithms, because it is the oldest nontrivial algorithm that has survived to the present day.

We would willingly, and without remorse, sacrifice not only the present moment, but all the interval (no matter how long) that separates us from any favorite object.

The present moment is a conspiracy of the total universe. To resist it is to resist the universe. Let go and flow.

Living in the present moment creates the experience of eternity.

The most effective way to transform into higher consciousness is to pay attention in the present moment.

Live in the present tense, facing the duty at hand without regret for the past or worry over the future.

A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day.

NOW is All There is & the Future is Just Another Present Moment to Live when it Arrives

Don't wait to be successful at some future point, have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

I believe in past lives but I know nothing about mine and I don't want to know. I live in the present, taking one day at a time.

Happy Wednesday! Happiness is found from within when you learn to appreciate your blessings, LIVE in the present and LOVE!

When happiness is happening it feels as if nothing else happened before it, it is a sensation that happens only in the present tense.

When we are present, life is also present.

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment.

We try to live every moment like that, dwelling peacefully in the present moment, and respond to events with compassion.

Creativity exists in the present moment. You can't find it anywhere else.

Remember that a man, a true man, never hates. His rages and his bad moods never last beyond the present moment-like electric shocks.

The best way to say, "I love you, God," is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, "Thank you, God," is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now.

The war in Iraq - if Osama was a Christian - it's the Christmas present he never would have expected.

There is one respect in which beasts show real wisdom... their quiet, placid enjoyment of the present moment.

Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment

Have you noticed," she asked him, "how we live much of our lives in the past and most of the rest of it in the future? Have you noticed how often the present moment slips by quiet unnoticed?

Knowledge has been a passion with me during my whole life, one which has not lost its charm to the present day.

This is the sleep: being absent, being not present to the present moment, being somewhere else.

Waking up is not serious. It is a gentle remembering and an honoring of the present moment as the truth of life.

If you can see it, hear it, feel it, taste it, touch it, or smell it, you can be present with it. It is of the present moment, and so it brings to you the opportunity to be present with it.

One who lives in accordance with nature does not go against the way of things but moves in harmony with the present moment.

In the past, people have looked at photos as a record of memory. The focus has been on the past tense. With Instagram, the focus is on the present tense.

I like visiting LA, but I wouldn't want to live there.

Salvation cannot come without revelation. Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I will say that no man knows these things without this.

The present moment is ever the critical time. The future is merely for intelligent forethought.

The few men who possess the wealth of the material things of the earth at the present time are not truly happy.

The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment. But we're continually missing our present moments, almost willfully, by not paying attention.

Mindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body, mind and the world around you.

Thousands of present day students, like many of our Founding Fathers, are being taught at home.

I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.

Focus on the present moment. Stay in the moment.

Work to recognize the primary importance of the present moment.

A mind in the present moment is meditation.

The hard part about living in the present is it forces you to abandon hope for the future. Thanks for nothing, now.

The present moment is all you ever have. There is never a time when your life is not 'this moment.' Is this not a fact?

The future is only a thought form. Work with the present moment. Be with what is.