Present Moment Quotes

493 Present Moment quotes by 244 unique authors

Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. … The ultimate purpose of human existence, which is to say, your purpose, is… — Eckhart Tolle
Without memories, without hope, they lived for the moment only. indeed, the here and now had come to mean everything to them. For there is… — Albert Camus
I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment… — Abraham Maslow
The humans live in time but our Enemy destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to… — C.S. Lewis
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.… — Saul Bellow
Through the present moment, you have access to the power of life itself, that which has traditionally been called "God." As soon as you turn… — Eckhart Tolle
The past has no power over the present moment. — Eckhart Tolle
Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. — Eckhart Tolle
Don't let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful present moment. — Eckhart Tolle
The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot… — Nhat Hanh
God is life. God is life in action. The best way to say, "I love you, God," is to live your life doing your best.… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment. — Nhat Hanh
If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything. — Nhat Hanh
To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green… — Nhat Hanh
When we are mired in the relative world, never lifting our gaze to the mystery, our life is stunted, incomplete; we are filled with yearning… — Peter Matthiessen
The way of trust is a movement into obscurity, into the undefined, into ambiguity, not into some predetermined, clearly delineated plan for the future. The… — Brennan Manning
Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment. — Nhat Hanh
It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of… — Vita Sackville-West
Human beings look separate because you see them walking about separately. But then we are so made that we can see only the present moment.… — C.S. Lewis
There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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… — Nhat Hanh
As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act… — Eckhart Tolle
We inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves, unable to see that here, now, this very moment is sacred; but once it’s gone – its value is… — Joyce Carol Oates
Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can… — Nhat Hanh
But you can’t get to any of these truths by sitting in a field smiling beatifically, avoiding your anger and damage and grief. Your anger… — Anne Lamott

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