
An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now. —
Kilroy J. Oldster

I pretend I'm fighting to live in the present but really I'm having an affair with the past every secret moment. —
Jillian Lauren

There is one respect in which beasts show real wisdom ... their quiet, placid enjoyment of the present moment. —
Arthur Schopenhauer

There's no fear of future in the song of life, just the ever-joyful present moment. —
Orson Scott Card

Mindfulness encourages us to exist in the present moment. —
Anne Williams

I need to stay in the present and use that new-age mantra: 'I'm okay right now.' But I worry about all the things I'm failing at every moment. —
Jonathan Ames

The only time is Now. All other times - past, present, and parallel - can be accessed in this moment of Now, and may be changed for the better. —
Robert Moss

Suffering can thus be seen in large part as a kind of resistance or reactivity to the pain of the present moment. (p. 74) —
Donald Rothberg

Being in the present moment, one can step outside the mechanical train of life, and this is where the inner revolution begins. —
Belsebuub

The past is not lost. An image from years ago remained present somewhere in the fourth dimension and it reached you just in that moment. —
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy. —
Sarah Ban Breathnach

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. —
Abraham Lincoln

That's the good thing about it. Nothing counts except what's goin' on around you. —
H.L. Davis

Connecting to the feelings in your body brings you back into present-moment awareness. —
Deepak Chopra

In every bend of time there is some surprise, joy and beauty. Mindfulness is the light to discover it. —
Amit Ray

Seize the day, then let it go. —
Marty Rubin

When I make the effort to pay attention to the sights, sounds and sensations around me, I'm encouraging myself to live in the present moment. —
Deepak Chopra

You don't have to die to enter nirvana or the Kindgom of God. You only have to dwell deeply in the present moment, right now. —
Thich Nhat Hanh

As you awaken, the present moment becomes your home. You still play in the world of time, but you're not identified with the story unfolding there. —
Leonard Jacobson

Life happened in the past. Life will happen in the future, but life is happening at this moment. Live in this moment. Seize this moment! —
Debasish Mridha

Life is only available in the present moment. —
Nhat Hanh

Spiritual dating requires you both to have the ability to stay
present in the moment and expand together. —
Amy Leigh Mercree

God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful and painful. —
Henri Nouwen
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Much of directing [a movie] is not directing but just listening and being
present in the moment and just keeping your eyes open. —
Rian Johnson

If you could travel back in time to the present moment, what would you do differently? —
Robert Breault

dwell deeply in the present moment. —
Thich Nhat Hanh

I live in the present moment. —
Stacy Keibler

The fact is, that life is too short to be occupied by aught but the present - hope and remembrance are equally a waste of time. —
Letitia Elizabeth Landon

The only link between Literature and the Drama left to us in England at the present moment is the bill of the play. —
Oscar Wilde

The only true thing is what's in front of you right now. —
Ramona Ausubel

As long as you're fully present in what you're doing at the moment, you're doing it. —
Vanessa Paradis

A mind in the present moment is meditation. —
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Right now, Prophet was all goddamned his, all here and
present in the moment, and Tom planned to keep it that way. Quickly, —
S.E. Jakes

Memories are painful and beautiful; wisdom is wonderful. When I am living in the present moment, I use wisdom and enjoy the memories of the past. —
Debasish Mridha

The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked. —
Amy Smart

Learning how to recognize and act on your Inner Knowing is the greatest tool for discovering what's important now by living in the present. —
John Kuypers

Live in the present moment and find your interest and happiness in the things of today. —
Emmet Fox

There is one undeniable truth about our body: it only exists in the present moment. —
John Kuypers

Mindfulness is the art of being
present in the moment, without passing judgement about your experience. —
Rhena Branch

The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge. —
Stephen Nachmanovitch

Take a deep breath. Get
present in the moment and ask yourself what is important this very second. —
Greg McKeown

Breathing in, there is only the present moment.
Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment. —
Thich Nhat Hanh

Living in the moment works sometimes, but when alone, it clouds over your memories and dreams, and those are what I need to survive. —
D.S. Mixell

We live lives of illusion and miss the incredible reality that exists in every present moment. —
Marshall Stern

Be present and in the moment. —
Alyssa Milano

Act with though awareness and love in the present moment then you will never need to worry about the thought of regret. —
Matthew Donnelly

Acknowledge the present moment. It is the greatest present in your life. —
Debasish Mridha

Active waiting means present fully to the moment, in the conviction that something is happening where you are and that you want to be present to it. —
Henri Nouwen

Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment. —
Thich Nhat Hanh

All that we are looking for in life - all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind - is right here in the present moment. —
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love. —
Jamaica Kincaid

No person that has ever felt the benefits of being present can consider himself a victim, or unhappy in any way. —
Lidiya K.

The present is a great treasure, live in the present. —
Lailah Gifty Akita

Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. —
Richard Carlson

To be optimistic is NOT a blind sentiment in regard to the reality of life; but a hopeful view for the present moment —
Quetzal

This is an empirical claim: Look closely enough at your own mind in the present moment, and you will discover that the self is an illusion. —
Sam Harris

Being present is being connected to All Things. —
S. Kelley Harrell

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment. —
Thich Nhat Hanh

The happiness about living in the present comes from utilizing all our power to affect the present moment. —
K.J. Kilton

Past and future exist only in our memory. The present moment, though, is outside of time, it's Eternity. —
Paulo Coelho

Happiness does not dwell in some past event or future experience. It is an emotion that can only be focused upon and enjoyed in the present moment. —
D.S. Luca

We can't make up for lost time, but we can make room to share space. —
T.F. Hodge

Put the past behind you, the present moment is all that matters, in the life of those who want to be happy. —
Leon Brown

Shakespeare's exquisite imagining belies our total inability to live in the present moment. —
Harold Bloom

God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all the ages. —
Henry David Thoreau

I have no time in the world but the time in which I am
and that lasts a moment and passes like a cloud. —
Samuel Ha-Nagid

We have to keep an eye on the future with a sense of the past in every passing moment of the present. —
Amanda Harlech

Life is a series of choices that are made in the present moment. —
Darren Main

We try to live every moment like that, dwelling peacefully in the present moment, and respond to events with compassion. —
Nhat Hanh

Instead of bracing yourself for the perils of the unknown, embrace the joy that is here, in your present moment. —
Michelle Cruz-Rosado

To be mindful is to keep your thoughts in the present moment. A mindful person does not look back with regret or forward with worry. —
Hannah Robbins

By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better & prepare for a better future. —
Nhat Hanh

It is not so much the grand dramas of our lives that transform us as it is
the tiny one-acts we produce in between. —
Gina Greenlee

And you cannot move at all in Time, you cannot get away from the present moment. —
H.G.Wells

Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware. —
Nhat Hanh

Even as we live with the knowledge that each day might be our last, we don't want to believe it. —
Sharon Salzberg

Appeasement is a vote to live in the present tense, to hold the comforts of the moment. —
Mark Steyn

Work keeps you in the present moment. —
Mehmet Murat Ildan