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title: "24 Moment Past Quotes by 21 authors"
description: "Browse 24 Moment Past quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Moment Past sayings and thoughts."
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> [Live for the moment not by the past](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/live-for-the-moment-not-by-the-past/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I was so in the present moment the past was no longer part of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-guillemets/i-was-so-in-the-present-moment-the-past-was-no-longer-part-of-me/)

[Terri Guillemets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-guillemets/)

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> [Live for the moment, not for the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/live-for-the-moment-not-for-the-past/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The present moment dies every moment to become the past , is reborn every moment into the future. All experience is now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/the-present-moment-dies-every-moment-to-become-the-past-is-reborn/)

[Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/726/deepak-chopra-63_ends_the-present-moment-dies-every-moment-to_110968.jpg)

> [“Live in the present moment. The past will only weigh you down. - Meghan Thiedeman”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-greyman/live-in-the-present-moment-the-past-will-only-weigh-you-down-meghan/)

[Linda Greyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-greyman/)

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> [Live for the moment not by the past Homie live each day like it's your last](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machine-gun-kelly/live-for-the-moment-not-by-the-past-homie-live-each-day-like-it-s/)

[Machine Gun Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machine-gun-kelly/)

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> [I don't want to look back-I want to keep looking ahead. I'd hate for my defining moment to be my past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-hamilton/i-don-t-want-to-look-back-i-want-to-keep-looking-ahead-i-d-hate-for/)

[Scott Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-hamilton/)

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> [Live in the present moment. The past and future are nonexistent. Only the present can be grasped or, better, embraced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hough/live-in-the-present-moment-the-past-and-future-are-nonexistent-only/)

[Stephen Hough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hough/)

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> [With each passing moment I'm becoming part of the past. There is no future for me, just the past steadily accumulating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/with-each-passing-moment-i-m-becoming-part-of-the-past-there-is-no/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bellow/bringing-people-into-the-here-and-now-the-real-universe-that-s-the/)

[Saul Bellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bellow/)

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> [You accept things as they are, not as you wish they were in this moment...The past is history, the future is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/you-accept-things-as-they-are-not-as-you-wish-they-were-in-this/)

[Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1e/deepak-chopra-63_accepting_you-accept-things-as-they-are-not-as-you_946359.jpg)

> [“In the moment in which we now find ourselves, we have the ability to focus in on and do the things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-hinds/in-the-moment-in-which-we-now-find-ourselves-we-have-the-ability-to/)

[Josh Hinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-hinds/)

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> [“Let me show you what life is like lived in the moment. No past, no future, just the one perfect moment you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tiffany-reisz/let-me-show-you-what-life-is-like-lived-in-the-moment-no-past-no/)

[Tiffany Reisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tiffany-reisz/)

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> [Did you ever look back at some moment in your past and have it suddenly grow so vivid that all the intervening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/did-you-ever-look-back-at-some-moment-in-your-past-and-have-it/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

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> [Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/th-ch-nh-t-h-nh/life-can-be-found-only-in-the-present-moment-the-past-is-gone-the/)

[Thich Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/th-ch-nh-t-h-nh/)

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> [The reality is that who you are is who you are right this second, not who you were at any moment in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thandie-newton/the-reality-is-that-who-you-are-is-who-you-are-right-this-second-not/)

[Thandie Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thandie-newton/)

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> [“Do not compare the self of this moment against one from the past, for the you of yesterday is as done and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-bailey/do-not-compare-the-self-of-this-moment-against-one-from-the-past-for/)

[Joseph J. Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-bailey/)

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> [Except that it’s not really 'now' that the inner critic attacks. It’s a few seconds or a minute ago. The inner critic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-chozen-bays/except-that-it-s-not-really-now-that-the-inner-critic-attacks-it-s-a/)

[Jan Chozen Bays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-chozen-bays/)

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> [Now is the moment. The past is just a memory. The future is a mental projection. You can choose to dwell back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/now-is-the-moment-the-past-is-just-a-memory-the-future-is-a-mental/)

[Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/)

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> [To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan for the future.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/to-dwell-in-the-here-and-now-does-not-mean-you-never-think-about-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Life is about going with the flow of time... Every single moment is becoming a past & every past needs us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammad-shahzaib-ansari/life-is-about-going-with-the-flow-of-time-every-single-moment-is/)

[Mohammad Shahzaib Ansari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammad-shahzaib-ansari/)

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> [“I don't wish for the red house back, not really, yet in a way, I wish for everything back that ever was,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katrina-kenison/i-don-t-wish-for-the-red-house-back-not-really-yet-in-a-way-i-wish/)

[Katrina Kenison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katrina-kenison/)

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> [“It is fine to live two different moments of time as one: that alone allows one to live authentically a single moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-jarry/it-is-fine-to-live-two-different-moments-of-time-as-one-that-alone/)

[Alfred Jarry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-jarry/)

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> [Whether you are sixteen or sixty, the rest of your life is ahead of you. You cannot change one moment of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-kelly/whether-you-are-sixteen-or-sixty-the-rest-of-your-life-is-ahead-of/)

[Matthew Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-kelly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31b/matthew-kelly-3453_life_whether-you-are-sixteen-or-sixty-the-res_875461.png)

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                        "text": "Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the day.",
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                        "text": "Did you ever look back at some moment in your past and have it suddenly grow so vivid that all the intervening years seemed brief, dreamlike, impersonal—the motions of a May afternoon surrendered to routine?",
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                        "text": "The reality is that who you are is who you are right this second, not who you were at any moment in the past because it doesn't exist anymore. It's done. It's over.",
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                        "text": "“Do not compare the self of this moment against one from the past, for the you of yesterday is as done and gone as an extinguished star never to be reborn. There is only the you of the future to nurture and cultivate.”",
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                        "text": "Except that it’s not really 'now' that the inner critic attacks. It’s a few seconds or a minute ago. The inner critic depends upon comparison, and when we are fully aware in the present moment, when there is no past or future in our mind’s awareness, there is nothing to compare. There is only what is, as it is. The inner critic disappears.",
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                        "text": "Now is the moment. The past is just a memory. The future is a mental projection. You can choose to dwell back in the past for learning and joyous reflection. You can choose to dwell in the future for visualization and practical planning. However, any time your awareness floats away to the past or future frequently for negative purposes, you are suffocating your ability to thrive in the only moment you ever have¦ the now",
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                        "text": "To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan for the future. The idea is simply not to allow yourself to get lost in regrets about the past or worries about the future. If you are firmly grounded in the present moment, the past can be an object of inquiry, the object of your mindfulness and concentration. You can attain many insights by looking into the past. But you are still grounded in the present moment.",
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                        "text": "“Life is about going with the flow of time... Every single moment is becoming a past & every past needs us to let them stay as is untouched... Every single moment demands you to go... Don't turn back it's nothing there except the deceptive reality the illusions they are nothing but projections of our own mind the memories we want them relive...”",
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                        "text": "“I don't wish for the red house back, not really, yet in a way, I wish for everything back that ever was, everything that once seemed like forever and yet has vanished . . . Standing here on an empty hilltop in New Hampshire, as a bulldozer slowly pushes the debris of a small red house into a neat pile, I allow, just for a moment, the past to push hard against the walls of my heart. Being alive, it seems, means learning to bear the weight of the passing of all things. It means finding a way to lightly hold all the places we've loved and left anyway, all the moments and days and years that have already been lived and lost to memory, even as we live on in the here and now, knowing full well that this moment, too, is already gone. It means, always, allowing for the hard truth of endings. It means, too, keeping faith in beginnings.”",
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                        "text": "“It is fine to live two different moments of time as one: that alone allows one to live authentically a single moment of eternity, indeed all eternity since it has no moments. It is as earth-shattering as Shakespeare's shock would be, presumably, were he to revisit some Stratford-on-Avon museum and discover that they were still exhibiting his \"skull at the age of five.\" It is the jubilation of God the Father, one Being made two in his Son, and the perception the first term has of its relationship with the second term was bound to create nothing less than the Holy Spirit. The present, possessing its past in the heart of another, lives at the same time its Self and its Self plus something. If a moment of the past or a moment of the present existed separately at one point in time, it would not perceive this Plus something which is quite simply the Act of Perception. This act is, for the sentient being, the most profound enjoyment conceivable, one that is different from the sexual acts of brutes like you and me.”",
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