Present Moment Quotes

Enlightenment is the moment when you are most alive and most compassionate.

~ Amit Ray

When we don't automatically take them (thoughts) personally or believe the stories about reality that we build from them,when we can simply hold them in awareness with a sense of curiosity and wonder at their amazing power given their insubstantiality, their limitations,and inaccuracies,then we have a chance right in that moment,in any moment really,to not get caught in their habitual patterning,to see thoughts for what they are,impersonal events.Then in that moment at least, we are already free,ready to act with greater clarity and kindness within the constantly changing field of events that is nothing other than life unfolding-- not always as we think it should,but definitely as it is.

~ Jon Kabat-Zinn

It's easy to get lost in our own heads. It's easy to allow the thoughts and worries and plans and hopes to take on their own lives and control our minds in such a way that we lose sight of all that's around us in any given moment. It's difficult to allow those thoughts and problems to take a back seat in our lives in order to be completely aware of what's right here, right now. Perhaps there's a person who really could use you to take a couple of moments to pay attention to him or her; perhaps there's a cool autumn breeze that's going to calm your spirit with its amazing touch--but only if you actually notice it.

~ Tom Walsh

If you are expressing gratitude then you are in the present moment. If you are in the present moment then you are expressing gratitude.

~ Matthew Donnelly

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

~ Nicholas Sparks

The past and the future are tools of the ego that render us finite. Without our judgments about the past (memories) and without our judgments about the future (expectations), there is only the Here and Now, the eternal present, the timeless time of the Oneness.

~ Human Angels

There comes a moment in life when one must acknowledge that you just can't keep looking back into your past for reasons to keep someone in your present and future. Regardless of how much looking that cruel reality in the eye hurts...memories can't be enough.

~ Eiry Nieves

That was desire messing with physics: putting its finger on the record and then slowing it down, making sure you heard every word spoken, and memorized it.

~ Heather O'neill

My biggest question was how to get rid of desire while going after your dreams? Dreams are desire in some way, shape or form. My answer is go after your dreams but don't get lost in your actions by staying present as often as possible.

~ Matthew Donnelly

When people ask me how I am I tell them......I'm present

~ Matthew Donnelly

You don't ever heal your heart, you learn that your heart is the one that heals you, once you know to let it.

~ Christian Donald Joseph Poulin

This MomentThis straining, messy, awful,moment in time Is perfect. Push aside your agenda for a second and you’ll find perfection bursting out of its confines.This moment brings truth,illuminates weaknesses,and builds power and wisdomto make us stronger.There are numerous signs, here and now,that teach so profoundly,that validate the strengths we hold inside,that let us know who we really loveand what we need to say.If we can make ourselves look at these signs,at the whole picture, at how it fits together, at where our path is leading, we might discover how to turn our direction,So this moment can rise upriding a cloud of joy,and heal.

~ Jv Connors

At a night like this, where it's just me and the yellow moon,I feel complete.

~ Kamand Kojouri

Give yourself permission to enjoy this present moment. Resist the urge to fill it with I need to's, I shoulds, I coulds. Trying to fill all your present moments is impeding the natural flow of life.

~ Nanette Mathews

When we're consciously aware, we receive the messages the universe sends to answer us through intuition that could be easily missed if we weren't living in the moment. These messages will guide us to our true path.

~ Nanette Mathews

Take your life out of high gear and disengage the autopilot mode. Try living mindfully and avoid the pattern of living in a reactive manner.

~ Nanette Mathews

This is the ordinariness of the Present, without anything special, mystic or mysterious, it simply exists!! One should live through one’s life from moment to moment, and allow things happen the way they want to happen. Abandon yourself into the Present! Be consciously present in every moment!

~ Frank Wanderer

Those who decide to live in the Present, must leave their past behind. Once past has been left behind, future also disappears! What is left then? The actual moment, the Present! Living in the here and now means that we are able to get rid of time and suffering!

~ Frank Wanderer

Perfection is, however, not to be sought in the future, as we are fully capable of experiencing it here and now, if we abandon ourselves into the present moment and allow the pleasure of Existence take us with it.

~ Frank Wanderer

When you read a book put all of your effort into staying present and focus your energy towards the comprehension of each and every word and how you can apply it into your daily life.

~ Matthew Donnelly

To attain wisdom, experience every thing consistently. To retain wisdom, dispose every thing constantly.

~ Aditya Ajmera

I have no time in the world but the time in which I amand that lasts a moment and passes like a cloud.

~ Samuel Ha-Nagid

Each moment means a new possibility. Mindfulness is not resisting things to happen but allowing life to unfold its wings.

~ Amit Ray

Redefining moments offer us the opportunity to perpetually re-invent ourselves, and as long as we occupy a human body, these opportunities will continue to present themselves. You were born to be you, to unfold the truth of who you are. The same is true for everyone else. Every moment has the potential to be a redefining moment when we utilize the opportunity to look more deeply into the mystery of the true Self and learn how to actualize Its qualities in our daily lives. The goal is to increase our awareness that, irrespective of where we are or what we are doing, there stands before us a door in every present moment that, when consciously opened, invites us to step into a deeper knowing of who we truly are. In other words, every encounter (chance or otherwise), event, or circumstance, be it good or bad, right or wrong, happy or sad, is a portal to a redefining moment and who we will choose to be in that situation. The question to consider is, will we be consciously present enough in the moment to recognize the opening when it occurs and step through the door, or will our mind be too full of distractions?

~ Dennis Merritt Jones

In old age, past haunts the present; memories replace the real life!

~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

Memories are what we cherish so lets make the present worth cherishing.

~ Amit Abraham

Human mind & news Media work on the same principle: Unsatisfied with the past, worried about future, ignorant about the present moment.

~ Saurabh Sharma

So often, even when we stop to say a blessing before a meal, we’re mentally preparing to spoon some pasta or potatoes onto our plates. We’re not usually focused on the present moment, simply placing ourselves before our food and entering into the still, slow space where eating is done for eating’s sake and not something we do simply to get to the next thing on our list.

~ Mary Deturris Poust

What can you talk to sky? Just nothing...simply enjoy the vastness and magnanimity. What can you talk to ocean? Nothing....enjoy the waves.

~ Aditya Ajmera

Life is a dash. Pause in the present. Enjoy this moment.

~ J.r. Rim

Did you not enjoy the fragrant flowers on the trails edge,The cool, crisp drink from the glistening pools at sunset,The song birds that filled the time as you experienced all that I Am, and all that I Am not?Did the dewy raindrops glisten on the gardens giving you a different memory of familiar landscapes?Did the rainbow fill your skies and force a pause of wonder in the midst of your journey?

~ Bella Vespira

Don't let your 'future success' dim the beauty and light that's in front of you right now.

~ Taryn Garland

Sweep away the dirt,Let's get a little messy.Underneath is love.

~ Taryn Garland

The more emphasis we put on wanting things to change, the more unpeaceful we will be. The more emphasis we put on accepting and having gratitude for 'What is' the closer we are to arriving at Nirvana.

~ Matthew Donnelly

Road accidents, psycho killings, plane crashes abound - we don't know which day will be our last, so why not make today the happiest day and be thankful for all that we have?

~ Maddy Malhotra

Don't wait to celebrate life until you retire, because you never know the day you will expire.

~ Maddy Malhotra

If you're always racing to the next moment, what happens to the one you're in? Slow down and enjoy the moment you're in and live your life to the fullest.

~ Nanette Mathews

When we are aware, we step into the moment which is outside of time.

~ Belsebuub

Moment is a flower. Mindfulness is sipping the nectar of that flower.

~ Amit Ray

It is important to be aware, who you are now than who you are going to be.?

~ Aditya Ajmera