132 quotes
“To fill the hour — that is happiness.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
— Lao Tzu
“The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough”
— Rabindranath Tagore
“Your time is limited, so do not waste it living someone elses life.”
— Steve Jobs
“In a field I am the absence of field this is always the case wherever I am I am what is missing”
— Mark Strand
“Are you looking for me I am in the next seat my shoulder is against yours”
— Kabir
“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”
— Unknown
“Do not anxiously hope for what is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.”
— Lin Yutang's translation of Chinese proverb
“When walking walk. When eating eat.”
— Zen Proverb
“Between your birth and your death, wander through this world in wonder.”
— Rumi
“Wherever you go, there you are.”
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
“It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.”
— Pope John XXIII
“When you love someone the best thing you can offer is your presence and that offering is beautifully simple”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
“Standing at the edge of suffering with the willingness to be present is the essence of compassion”
— Roshi Joan Halifax
“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit.”
— Henry David Thoreau
“Compassion is not about being soft it is about being strong enough to be present with pain”
— Sharon Salzberg
“To us family means putting your arms around each other and being there.”
— Mark Twain
“From blossoms comes this brown paper bag of peaches we bought from the boy at the bend in the road”
— Li-Young Lee
“True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it.”
— G.K. Chesterton
“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.”
— James Oppenheim
“If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it.”
— Dogen Zenji
“The morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live. Breathe, before it's gone.”
“Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.”
— John Lennon
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
— Simone Weil
“All real living is meeting.”
— Martin Buber
“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves — slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.”
“Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.”
“Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.”
— Annie Dillard
“Close your eyes in family and fall in love and stay there.”
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”
— Oscar Wilde
“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away”
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“This is the real secret of life: to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now.”
— Alan Watts
“Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.”
“The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough.”
“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.”
— Gautama Buddha
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness if you are attentive”
“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”
— Amit Ray
“To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.”
— Emily Dickinson
“We waste so much energy trying to cover up who we are when beneath every attitude is the wonder of our presence”
— Mark Nepo
“Most humans are never fully present in the now because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important simplicity says otherwise”
— Eckhart Tolle
“Life is always right here, right now. It is not somewhere else.”
— Charlotte Joko Beck
“Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us”
— Rachel Naomi Remen
“Wherever you are is the entry point to the divine”
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have make the now the primary focus of your life”
“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you”
— Paramahansa Yogananda
“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
“Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet.”
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.”
— Charles Kingsley
“Confine yourself to the present.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time.”
— Betty Smith
“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair and confusion is the one who practices faith through presence”
— Henri Nouwen
“Wherever you are and whatever you do be in love.”
“Stay is a charming word in a friends vocabulary”
— Louisa May Alcott
“Before enlightenment chop wood carry water After enlightenment chop wood carry water”
“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you the future will take care of itself”
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”
— Seneca
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”
“How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives”
“Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion who can stay with us in an hour of grief is worth more than gold.”
“Wherever you go there you are”
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
“The earth has music for those who listen.”
— William Shakespeare
“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.”
“Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything.”
— André Gide
“True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future.”
“Write in your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
“Mindfulness is about being fully present and accepting the moment as it is”
— Gil Fronsdal
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.”
“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead.”
“The moment we believe something is wrong with us we abandon the healing power of our own presence”
— Tara Brach
“Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity and time is its medium”
— Maria Popova
“The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all moments”
“Life is always in the present tense.”
“When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence.”
“Wherever you go go with all your heart.”
— Confucius
“When walking, walk. When eating, eat.”
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive you will see it.”
“The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.”
— Plutarch
“Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet”
“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
— Allen Saunders
“Every natural action is graceful when it is performed in the presence of the soul.”
“Begin at once to live and count each separate day as a separate life.”
“This is the real secret of life to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now”
“We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains.”
— Li Bai
“No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.”
— Euripides
“Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans”
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.”
— Omar Khayyam
“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.”
— Barbara Bush
“Real compassion is being fully present to what the moment calls for without resistance”
“Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.”
“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you.”
“Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others but rather a practice of mindful presence”
— Parker Palmer
“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.”
“Do not dwell in the past do not dream of the future concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
— Buddha
“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves.”
“Where thou art that is family home.”
“Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.”
— Walt Whitman
“If you cannot find the truth right where you are where else do you expect to find it”
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.”
“Settle into solitude like a tree in the midst of a vast plain — rooted, silent, and alive.”
“Just this is it”
— Dongshan
“Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.”
— Kahlil Gibran
“Each day provides its own gifts.”
— Martial
“The miracle is not to walk on water the miracle is to walk on the green earth dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive”
“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”
“God is at home, it is we who have gone out for a walk.”
— Meister Eckhart
“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
— Søren Kierkegaard
“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
“The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.”
“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment.”
“Life is available only in the present moment.”
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