The Present Quotes

You get lost because you think there is somewhere to go. If you give up believing in a goal or a destination, then you cannot get lost. In the present moment, there is no destination.

To use the past to justify the present is bad enough—but it’s just as bad to use the present to justify the past.

Prostitutes are in no danger of finding their present life so satisfactory that they cannot turn to God: the proud, the avaricious, the self-righteous, are in that danger.

The evil is in the White House at the present time.

Yoga is a technology for arriving in this present moment. It is a means of waking up from our spiritual amnesia, so that we can remember all that we already know.

The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

The present moment holds infinite riches beyond your wildest dreams.

Surrender and living in the present are one and the same.

I will practice coming back to the present moment...not letting regrets and sorrow drag me back into the past or letting anxieties, fears, or cravings pull me out.

The greatest judgment which God himself can, in the present life, inflict upon a man is to leave him in the hand of his own boasted 'free'-will.

My friend, the sufi is the friend of the present moment. To say tomorrow is not our way.

I don't want a future, I want a present. To me this appears of greater value. You have a future only when you have no present, and when you have a present, you forget to even think about the future.

The secret of health for both mind and body is...live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

The conjunction of effort, concentration and balance in asana forces us to live intensely in the present moment, a rare experience in modern life.

I have one aim only: to impart a fraction of the meaning of the word now.

Intellect without humanity is not good enough...what the world is suffering from at the present time is not so much an overabundance of intellect as an insufficiency of humanity.

God is not in heaven - God is in the present moment. If you are also in the present moment you enter the temple.

You live in the present and you eliminate things that don't matter. You don't carry the burden of the past.

Trend following is an exercise in observing and responding to the ever-present moment of now

Life is a collection of moments. Mindfulness is beautification of the moments.

There is no peace that cannot be found in the present moment.

All there really is to do now, is to be in the present Moment.

Time that is spent dwelling on the past will surely continue in your present moment - and the future.

Body awareness not only anchors you in the present moment, it is a doorway out of the prison that is the ego. It also strengthens the immune system and the body’s ability to heal itself.

Nothing in the past is as powerful as what we choose to do in the present moment.

Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.

When you are in the present moment, you break the continuity of your story, of past and future. Then true intelligence arises, and also love.

Concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, And if we dig deeply in the present moment, The water will spring forth.

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

Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.

Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.

Nothing is more endangered in the modern world than the powerful combination of hard work toward meaningful goals joined with an exuberant embrace of the present moment.

We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life.

Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.

One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.

A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God will work with mighty converting power.

So commit! Commit yourself to pushing through the fear and becoming more than you are at the present moment. The you that could be is absolutely colossal.

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.

Stop longing.You poison today’s ease, reaching always for tomorrow.

Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.

If it’s over, then don’t let the past screw up the rest of your life.

The present moment holds the key to liberation. But you cannot find the present moment as long as you are your mind.

The present time of believers is no longer determined by the past. It takes its definition from the future.

The present moment is all you ever have.

Man has his future within him, dynamically alive at this present moment.

Live in the present. The past is gone; the future is unknown - but the present is real, and your opportunities are now.

Become friendly with the present moment, because if you do not become friendly with the present moment you cannot become friendly with life.