This Moment Quotes
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.
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.
I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you're reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.
Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have.
It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God offers us because, at that moment, we expected some other good.
You are never freer than in that moment when you decide to expose yourself to sniper fire.
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 quality of events surrounding you in any given moment in time may be reflecting specific beliefs that you hold in that moment of time.
You can't explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success.
I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.
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.
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.
Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.
The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.
There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.
The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
O sweet, delusive Noon, Which the morning climbs to find, O moment sped too soon, And morning left behind.
People destined to meet will do so, apparently by chance, at precisely the right moment.
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.
If there's one thing I learned, it's that nobody is here forever. You have to live for the moment, each and every day . . . the here, the now.
Live in the moment. Feel everything you want to feel. And maybe have a couple of drinks if you're nervous, I guess.
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.
And for at least that moment, I wouldn't have traded the hundreds of books I've read for the few I know almost by heart.
Any joy, creativity or wisdom our next moment brings will ensue from the way we live our present one.
Jon Davis of Korn and Frank Mullen of Suffocation are one of my favorite bands and from that moment, we started a conversation and lead to the song.
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.
The whole point of working and practicing your whole life is so that you're ready when that moment arrives; when the inspiration arrives, you are ready to be at the disposal of inspiration.
I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need.
There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death.
Went to get coffee today-opened my change purse. Sea shells fell out. Barista goes "Sorry, we only take cash or credit." So there's that.
The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and all the rest. People are so locked into not being present.
Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.
What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you're just so excited to see anything - the moment the lights go down is often the best part.
Happy Endings are an illusion. Real life is filled with brief moments of fleeting happiness, but ultimately every life is a tragedy that ends in death and grief.
Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
