The Here And Now Quotes
The more attached we are to a vision of the future, the less present we are to what is actually trying to emerge here and now.
When you are here and now, sitting totally, not jumping ahead, the miracle has happened. To be in the moment is the miracle.
I don't really memorize every little thing I have to do because then I start to think about it too much! I like to keep it in the here and now and not what's coming up.
We are going on the assumption that this is not socialized medicine. Let me tell you here and now it is socialized medicine.
If we get the good that belongs to us here and now, we must extract the sweetness of each passing minute while it is ours. That is the real art of living in the today.
The past cannot remember the past. The future can't generate the future. The cutting edge of the instant right here and now is always nothing less than the totality of everything there is.
And, of course, some SF is set close enough to here and now that Anglo and European do apply. Since many of the writers come from those backgrounds, so does much of the fiction.
Well... ...That's what you always forget, isn't it? I mean, you forget to pay attention to what's happening. And that's the same as not being here and now.
I've never been a size zero, let me say that here and now. I've never been that sort of person.
All we have is here and now. That's why procrastination feels so right. Procrastination isn't the problem, it's the solution.
Humans need justice in the here and now and grace in the thereafter. Justice in the here and now is possible only without freedom,and grace in the thereafter only through the freedom of God.
We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its urgency, 'here and now' without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank.
Fighting climate change isn't just an obligation we owe to future generations. It's also an opportunity to improve public health - and drive economic growth - in the here and now.
The absolutist takes himself to speak to the ages, with the tongue of angels, but the relativist hears only one version among others, the subjectivity of the here and now.
The prospect of future lives in remote heavens as a compensation for the inadequacy of our present lives is a bad tradeoff for losing out on the present.
The pursuit of eternity is no longer the prerogative of the gods - it is the business of us all, here and now.
I really, really wanted to lose awareness of the here and now. The best way for me to do that was bury myself in a book.
What we have is the here and now, and what we have is each other, and let's find a way to deal truthfully with each other.
To be in touch with yourself requires great sensitivity to everything that's going on here and now.
Think of this- we may live together with Him here and now, a daily walking with Him who loved us and gave Himself for us.
Tantric Zen leads to illumination and fun right here and now, which is why I like it.
If you really want to know what's happening here and now, you've got to use your own eyes and your own judgment.
Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God, here and now.
Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are.
The message is that ultimate meaning is to be found in this present moment, infusing our everyday lives, here and now.
Let me say here and now that faith has never done me any good, only doubt. So that is what has become my testament.
I take full responsibility here and now for everything I experience, for it is my own programming that creates my actions and also influences the reactions of people around me.
Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life.
Fame has a special burden, which I might as well state here and now. I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. But what goes with it can be a burden
God gives me hope that there is something greater than us, something better and bigger than the here and now, that can help us live.
I think what I bring to the table overall is a sense of my own individuality, especially in the urban-male spectrum of what is here and now.
It's not our past which most determines the possibilities open to us, it's what we choose here and now to make happen in our present and future.
I may as well tell you, here and now, that if you are going about the place thinking things pretty, you will never make a modern poet. Be poignant, man, be poignant!
I am living here and now. The blessing of my life is that I am totally concentrating on the present moment. And I want to be because there is nothing but the present moment.
Miles above the Earth we know , Fancy's rocket roars. Below, Here and Now are needles which Sew a pattern black as pitch, Waiting for the rocket's light.
In zen, it is a cardinal sin to waste time. To waste time is to squander the here and now, which, if you think about it, is all that we have.
The peculiar thing is that, in focusing only on the here and now, Buddhism seems to despise the world.
And desires are never here and now - they are non-existential. They are just mental, in the mind. And they cannot be fulfilled because their very nature is to move into the future.
We become lost in being everywhere but here and now, and the ironic part is that the present is the only place that will make us feel better.
Keep your hope in the Lord and your eyes focused on the hope of Heaven, not just on the here and now.
I think a lot about the past, it's true. But at my age, the past is more present than the here and now. And there is not much percentage in the future.
It is absurd to go away from the world while searching the Truth because it is in the world and inside the man here and now.
All the Cosmic Drama, as it is written in the four Gospels, should be lived inside ourselves, here and now. The isn't something merely historic, it's something to live, here and now!
It is not after we understand the truth that we attain enlightenment. To realize the truth is to live - to exist here and now.
The rush to enjoy robs the joy from life and only denies the happiness and freedom of here and now.