Present Moment Quotes

493 quotes by 256 authors

Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous and wondrous, with this reality… — Alan Ball
Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future; it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present moment somewhat uncomfortable. — Martha Beck
We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment. — Chanakya
Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment. — Deepak Chopra
What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment. — Nick Saban
Do not let anything from your past inhibit you in this Present Moment. Start over. Start Fresh. Each day. Each hour, if it serves you.… — Neale Donald Walsch
Man has his future within him, dynamically alive at this present moment. — Abraham Maslow
Asking ourselves, 'Where am I right now?' gives us a chance to step outside the internal dialogue for a moment of peace. Look around you,… — Laura Harvey
Your past history and all of your hurts are no longer here in your physical reality. Don't allow them to be here in your mind,… — Wayne Dyer
Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment. — Nhat Hanh
Put the past behind you, the present moment is all that matters, in the life of those who want to be happy. — Leon Brown
Remember that even if you were to live for three thousand years, or thirty thousand, you could not lose any other life than the one… — Marcus Aurelius
It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis. — Benjamin Disraeli
Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not resisting the fact… — Pema Chodron
Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts. What good does it do to brood on the past or anticipate the future? Remain in the… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we fail… — Matthieu Ricard
Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity which is in… — Matthieu Ricard
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.… — Jack Kornfield
The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment. — Arthur Schopenhauer
There is nothing that you can do to change the present moment. It simply is. You may be able to change the situation one second,… — Ken Keyes Jr.

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