The Present Moment Quotes

Children have a way of forcing you back into the present moment.

The present moment, if you think about it, is the only time there is. No matter what time it is, it is always NOW!

When my mother left me waiting for her, [she] established in me the habit of waiting and expectation which makes any present moment most significant for what it does not contain.

Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future; it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present moment somewhat uncomfortable.

To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.

The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments.

To meditate is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, our feelings our minds, and in the world. When we settle into the present moment, we can see the beauties and wonders before our eyes.

What happens in the present moment? In the present moment, you are producing thought, speech, and action. And they continue in the world.

Our appointment with life is in the present moment. If we do not have peace and joy right now, when will we have peace and joy?

That is why those who are not capable of being there in the present moment, they don't really live their life - they live like dead people.

By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better & prepare for a better future.

Everything is worship if your mind is focused on the present moment.

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.

There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.

The only link between Literature and the Drama left to us in England at the present moment is the bill of the play.

The real honesty is a responsibility to the present moment. It needs tremendous awareness. You have to be honest to the present moment, not to the past, not to the future.

If you move in the present moment, the whole eternity is in your hands.

God isn't present in the past or future. The great 'I Am' is in the present moment. When I claim that presence, I can get through anything today.

The present moment is that one point where everything comes together.

When we're fully engaged in the present moment, no matter what we're doing, the question of meaning never seems to arise. It's because we feel fulfilled and that is inherently meaningful.

Practice remembrance of the present moment, again and again.

What's not often in the present moment is the thinking mind.

At the shock of a joke, everything disappears but the present moment.

Every moment is an eternity in itself. Bliss is the present moment and each and everyone of us needs to understand this.

The present moment is our ain, The neist we never saw!

Every hour, stop and ask: Am I really present in this moment? If not, what are my thoughts focused on? Doing this often will help you return to the present moment.

We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives.

When we ground ourselves in the present moment, we spontaneously connect better with others. We become more responsive and less reactive, listening more deeply and speaking with greater clarity.

The statue of the Laughing Buddha act as a good friend. Whenever we are off the track, his smiling face can bring us back to the present moment, to a positive mood.

Body awareness not only anchors you in the present moment. It is a doorway out of the prison that is the ego.

Think of someone you care about and send loving thoughts in the present moment.

Mindfulness is observing the beauty of every moment unfolding before us.

Mindfulness is not entering into another planet. It is making you good at what you do. It is restoring your link to the source of life.

Mindfulness is not the path of chasing. It is the path of beautification. When flowers blossom, the fragrance spreads, and the bees come.

Beautify your breath – beautify your life.

Breathing is our participation with the cosmic dance. When our breath is in harmony, cosmos nourishes us in every sense.

Breathe out unwanted thoughts with your exhale and re-focus your attention directly on what is important right now, at this moment.

Mindfulness is not chasing the moment but sipping the nectar of the moment.

You are people with a present and with a future. Don't muff the ball. Be excellent.

Only you can change your own world. No one else.

Think about every good thing in your life right now. Free yourself of worrying. Let go of the anxiety, breathe. Stay positive, all is well.

Life is fleeting we must master it in the present.

I closed my eyes and turned my face into the cold wind. When I felt it swept along my skin there was no past. No future. Just now.

Mindfulness is to understand that there is a no moment left to be unhappy.

Later that day when I walked down this dried-out riverbed, enjoying the last rays of sunshine on my bare skin, I felt a deep inner peace coming up straight from my heart.

Die wertvollste Reise ist die Reise zu unserem Selbst.

No matter how much you stress or obsess about the past or future, you can't change either one. In the present is where your power lies.

I’d wish it were easier to not allow other people’s pasts to create my own present.

If you are expressing gratitude then you are in the present moment. If you are in the present moment then you are expressing gratitude.

Moment is a flower. Mindfulness is sipping the nectar of that flower.