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Present Quotes by Alan Watts
- The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not as real, but rather more…
- If my happiness at this moment consists largely in reviewing happy memories and expectations, I am but dimly aware of this present. I shall still…
- We are seeing, then, that our experience is altogether momentary. From one point of view, each moment is so elusive and so brief that we…
- 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…
- For the perfect accomplishment of any art, you must get this feeling of the eternal present into your bones - for it is the secret…
- The future is a concept, it doesn't exist. There is no such thing as tomorrow. There never will be, because time is always now. That's…
- Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.
- I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there…
- Life is like music for its own sake. We are living in an eternal now, and when we listen to music we are not listening…
- Tomorrow and plans for tomorrow can have no significance at all unless you are in full contact with the reality of the present, since it…
- We think that the world is limited and explained by its past. We tend to think that what happened in the past determines what is…
- For unless one is able to live fully in the present, the future is a hoax. There is no point whatever in making plans for…
- What is the next step, the practical application? —I will answer that the absolutely vital thing is to consolidate your understanding, to become capable of…
- What we see as death, empty space, or nothingness is only the trough between the crests of this endlessly waving ocean. It is all part…
- If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually…
- We must abandon completely the notion of blaming the past for any kind of situation we're in and reverse our thinking and see that the…
- The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.
- The point is seeing that THIS - the immediate, everyday and present experience - is IT, the entire and ultimate point for the existence of…
- The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it becomes. It is like trying to clutch water in ones…
More Present Quotes
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business.… — Mary Astell
- I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something… — Margaret Atwood
- Confine yourself to the present. — Marcus Aurelius
- Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today… — Marcus Aurelius
- The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand… — Diane Ackerman
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba
- A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught… — Ibrahim Babangida