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