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Present Moment Quotes by Pema Chodron
- 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…
- Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future. In other words, if we're going to be more cheerful in the…
- Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have.
- Sticking with uncertainty is how we learn to relax in the midst of chaos, how we learn to be cool when the ground beneath us…
- The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.
- The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought. That's what we're…
- If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment.
- Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have, so we night as well work with it rather…
- Meditation accepts us just as we are-in both our tantrums and our bad habits, in our love and commitments and happiness. It allows us to…
- One of the main discoveries of meditation is seeing how we continually run away from the present moment, how we avoid being here just as…
- Just pausing for two to three breaths is a perfect way to stay present. This is a good use of our life. Indeed, it is…
- Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can’t simply relax with ourselves. We hold…
- The difference between theism and nontheism is not whether one does or does not believe in God. . . Theism is a deep-seated conviction that…
More Present Moment Quotes
- Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous and wondrous,… — 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… — Martha Beck
- We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with… — 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… — Nick Saban
- Do not let anything from your past inhibit you in this Present Moment. Start over. Start Fresh. Each day. Each hour, if… — 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.… — Unknown Author
- Your past history and all of your hurts are no longer here in your physical reality. Don't allow them to be here… — 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… — Marcus Aurelius