--- title: "10 Completely Present Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Completely Present quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Completely Present sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/085/nathalia-holt-50187_heart_he-made-her-laugh-and-when-she-spoke-bar_2871170.jpg" --- > [“He made her laugh, and when she spoke, Barbara could tell he was completely present, listening to her words eagerly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathalia-holt/he-made-her-laugh-and-when-she-spoke-barbara-could-tell-he-was/) [Nathalia Holt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathalia-holt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/085/nathalia-holt-50187_heart_he-made-her-laugh-and-when-she-spoke-bar_2871170.jpg) > [I meditate not to escape the world but instead to be completely present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-sacco/i-meditate-not-to-escape-the-world-but-instead-to-be-completely/) [Joe Sacco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-sacco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/joe-sacco-15028_world_i-meditate-not-to-escape-the-world-but-i_1366640.jpg) > [Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/patience-asks-us-to-live-the-moment-to-the-fullest-to-be-completely/) [Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/henri-nouwen-600_asks_patience-asks-us-to-live-the-moment-to-t_494657.png) > [What a world we live in. I want to be incredibly close to the heart of it all. To live honestly, truthfully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-agron/what-a-world-we-live-in-i-want-to-be-incredibly-close-to-the-heart-of/) [Dianna Agron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-agron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/dianna-agron-10461_asks_what-a-world-we-live-in-i-want-to-be-inc_515052.png) > [But on stage you're able to just take the character from one point to the end and it's a fluid, organic piece.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/renee-o-connor/but-on-stage-you-re-able-to-just-take-the-character-from-one-point-to/) [Renee O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/renee-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/renee-o-connor-18238_able_but-on-stage-you-re-able-to-just-take-th_2337201.jpg) > [We live in this thought web; we identify things and put them away and distance ourselves from them. But to be completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-foster/we-live-in-this-thought-web-we-identify-things-and-put-them-away-and/) [Ben Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/ben-foster-52125_art_we-live-in-this-thought-web-we-identify_463745.jpg) > [Our present moment is a mystery that we are part of. Here and now is where all the wonder of life lies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/our-present-moment-is-a-mystery-that-we-are-part-of-here-and-now-is/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/wayne-dyer-158_failure_our-present-moment-is-a-mystery-that-we_2787047.png) > [Being completely and totally present and at every single point of space and time, It is fully and completely present here and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/being-completely-and-totally-present-and-at-every-single-point-of/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/ken-wilber-1886_completely_being-completely-and-totally-present-and_558770.jpg) > [If Spirit has any meaning, it must be omnipresent, or all-pervading and all-encompassing. There can't be a place where Spirit is not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/if-spirit-has-any-meaning-it-must-be-omnipresent-or-all-pervading-and/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70f/ken-wilber-1886_awareness_if-spirit-has-any-meaning-it-must-be-omn_44700.jpg) > [I don’t know, I don’t know that I’m missing anything. I just think too much sometimes. Sometimes I’m even happy because I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/i-don-t-know-i-don-t-know-that-i-m-missing-anything-i-just-think-too/) [Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd6/jeff-buckley-2831_crave_i-don-t-know-i-don-t-know-that-i-m-missi_15645.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/completely-present/#itemlist", "name": "Completely Present Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He made her laugh, and when she spoke, Barbara could tell he was completely present, listening to her words eagerly.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nathalia Holt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathalia-holt/he-made-her-laugh-and-when-she-spoke-barbara-could-tell-he-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/085/nathalia-holt-50187_heart_he-made-her-laugh-and-when-she-spoke-bar_2871170.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/085/nathalia-holt-50187_heart_he-made-her-laugh-and-when-she-spoke-bar_2871170.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/085/nathalia-holt-50187_heart_he-made-her-laugh-and-when-she-spoke-bar_2871170.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He made her laugh, and when she spoke, Barbara could tell he was completely present, listening to her words…” — Nathalia Holt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I meditate not to escape the world but instead to be completely present.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joe Sacco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-sacco/i-meditate-not-to-escape-the-world-but-instead-to-be-completely/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/joe-sacco-15028_world_i-meditate-not-to-escape-the-world-but-i_1366640.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/joe-sacco-15028_world_i-meditate-not-to-escape-the-world-but-i_1366640.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/joe-sacco-15028_world_i-meditate-not-to-escape-the-world-but-i_1366640.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I meditate not to escape the world but instead to be completely present.” — Joe Sacco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henri Nouwen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/patience-asks-us-to-live-the-moment-to-the-fullest-to-be-completely/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/henri-nouwen-600_asks_patience-asks-us-to-live-the-moment-to-t_494657.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/henri-nouwen-600_asks_patience-asks-us-to-live-the-moment-to-t_494657.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/henri-nouwen-600_asks_patience-asks-us-to-live-the-moment-to-t_494657.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the…” — Henri Nouwen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What a world we live in. 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