The Present Quotes

I see the Past, Present & Future existing all at once Before me.

Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life.

I believe that present day civilized man suffers from insufficient discharge of his aggressive drive

Relax into the present moment.

The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment

Unification is not our present goal. That is a future program.

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.

In the past, I always used to be looking for answers. Today, I know there are only questions. So I just live.

To me there is no past or future in art. If a work of art does not live in the present, it must not be considered at all.

Our thoughts are always pulling us into the future or the past, away from the present. But it is in the present moment that we find Spirit, our essential being and the force that animates all life.

Life is available only in the present moment.

If you are truly present and know how to take care of the present moment as best you can, you are doing your best for the future already.

Meditation is a way of slowing down so as to descend into the depths of yourself in the present moment, where God lies waiting to grant you a deep experience of your eternal oneness with God.

You have the power in the present moment to change limiting beliefs and consciously plant the seeds for the future of your choosing. As you change your mind, you change your experience.

The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.

Just watching an animal closely can take you out of your mind and bring you into the present moment, which is where the animal lives all the time - surrendered to life.

I finally learned to live in the present and focus only on what I want rather than what I don't want.

Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day.

Stale artifacts of the past' are always 'active components of the present moment' when they are experienced in the present moment.

Happiness is present time, it has nothing to do with the future.

The present time has one advantage over every other -- it is our own.

Only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present.

The one charm of the past is that it is the past.

Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal, for the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it, it has gone, and yet it exists forever.

It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future.

With Instagram, the focus is on the present tense.

If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man.

I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.

Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future.

Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for your life to begin and start making the most of the moment you are in.

The most reliable way to forecast the future is to try to understand the present.

The best part of our lives we pass in counting on what is to come.

The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.

Carpe diem, quam minime credula postero. Enjoy the present day, trusting very little to the morrow.

And, as you know, the present moment is where ALL your power is. A reminder I need regularly. Maybe you too.

Transformations is the word. We can do the work of transformation only in the present moment

Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.

Just breathing and smiling can make us very happy, because when we breathe consciously we recover ourselves completely and encounter life in the present moment.

The United States has lost her unique position as a leader in the progress of civilization and has taken up her place simply as one of the grasping and selfish nations of the present day.

A well trained body is a beautiful instrument on which to play the melody of the present moment.

Transformation isn't a future event, it's a present day activity

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.

Rewrite your major goals every day, in the present tense, exactly as if they already existed

The essence of saintliness is total acceptance of the present moment, harmony with things as they happen.

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.

If you love getting gifts - and who doesn't - then why not accept, with gratitude, the greatest gift there is: the present moment.

In the present moment, we are all innocent. Wake up!

The eternal life is given to those who live in the present.

The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge.

The present moment dies every moment to become the past , is reborn every moment into the future. All experience is now. Now never ends.