The present is what is happening when you strip away all the resentments of your past and all the worries you have about your future.

Each of us is the best we can be when we are fully present, focused yet relaxed, curious yet non-judgmental, committed yet flexible.

You cannot do what's important now for you if your mind cannot accept what is happening in this present moment.

When you are present, you are not needy.

When you are authentic without an intent to harm others, you give yourself an awesome feeling which is the feeling of self-love.

There is one undeniable truth about our body: it only exists in the present moment.

In order to live in the present, we have to learn how to feel safe even when a situation feels threatening to us.

The Paradox of Change: People can only change when they feel accepted as they are now. Dr. Arnold Beisser Pg 220

...as long as you are motivated by the approval of others, you cannot know with confidence whether the decisions you are making in your life are what's right for you... pg 102

Your private self must become the same as your public self.

The present moment is the definition of eternity. It has never not been the present moment. This isn't scriptural or unscriptural - it is merely a logical fact.

I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting that yours will ever be.

The best friend of truth is time while the best friend of a leader is results.

I've found that replacing one thing for another only means you don't yet know where the glitches are.

Obama better understood community organisation and peer-to-peer communication than any recent candidate, and we are applying that lesson.

I've got to be honest and say that, growing up, I wasn't a big sports guy, but I love the camaraderie. I just love people getting together, fighting for a team and getting super-emotional about it.

Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.

Heaven and Hell are imaginary creation of ignorant minds.

Races, better than we, have leaned on her wavering promise, Having naught else but Hope.

It isn't the thing you do, dear, it's the thing you leave undone which gives you a bit of heartache at the setting at the setting of the sun.

Higher than the question of our duration is the question of our deserving. Immortality will come to such as are fit for it, and he would be a great soul in future must be a great soul now.