Present Moment Quotes
Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, And if we dig deeply in the present moment, The water will spring forth.
We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life.
Nothing is more endangered in the modern world than the powerful combination of hard work toward meaningful goals joined with an exuberant embrace of the present moment.
So commit! Commit yourself to pushing through the fear and becoming more than you are at the present moment. The you that could be is absolutely colossal.
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
If it’s over, then don’t let the past screw up the rest of your life.
Become friendly with the present moment, because if you do not become friendly with the present moment you cannot become friendly with life.
When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama.
The present moment holds the key to liberation. But you cannot find the present moment as long as you are your mind.
Time is the horizontal dimension of life, the surface layer of reality. Then there is the vertical dimension of depth, accessible only through the portal of the present moment.
Allow rather than resist what arises in the present moment-inside or out. Let it be interesting rather than good or bad.
Give up waiting as a state of mind. When you catch yourself slipping into waiting...snap out of it. Come into the present moment. Just be and enjoy being.
When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.
this present moment never comes to be and it never ceases to be, it is simply our minds that construct the continuity of thoughts we call time. In the present moment is nirvana.
The future does not exist, because nobody has ever experienced it. You can only ever experience a present moment.
The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.
It's never too late to change the programming imprinted in childhood, carried in our genes or derived from previous lives; the solution is mindfulness in the present moment.
At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.
There are very few men-and they are the exceptions-who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)
He who governed the world before I was born shall take care of it likewise when I am dead. My part is to improve the present moment.
As you awaken, the present moment becomes your home. You still play in the world of time, but you're not identified with the story unfolding there.
The underlying motivation that drives all addiction is our insistence on avoiding pain. However, the pain you are avoiding is based in the past, and has nothing to do with the present moment.
Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.
It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
A true barometer of intelligence is an effective, happy life lived each day and each present moment of the day.
I know that the purpose of life is to understand and be in the present moment with the people you love. It's just that simple.
The present moment is the still point around which the universe arises and subsides, only to be reborn again, fresh as a new born child.
Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have.
Stressful energy arises when you think some future moment is more important than the present moment, and the doing becomes only a means to an end.
Do not look back and do not dream about the future. It will neither give you back the past, nor satisfy your other daydreams. Your duty, your reward, your destiny, is in the present moment
Every present moment will offer itself as a window onto eternity, a doorway to the infinite.
When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.
The foundation of greatness is honoring the small things of the present moment, instead of pursuing the idea of greatness.
The nature of the video camera really makes you focus on the present. Since I have always been a diarist filmmaker, not one who stages scenes with actors, it has always been about the present moment.
The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment.
Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.