Present Moment Quotes

"In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time." "I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival because life is the moment we’re living now." "Live every act fully, as if it were your last." "The source of now is here." "Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more." "We fear the future because we are wasting today." "It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." "Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion." "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." "We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize." "Do every act of your life as if it were your last." "As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is." "Don't search for heaven and hell in the future. Both are now present. Wherever you are is heaven and hell at the same time." "Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present" "Touching the present moment, we realize that the present is made of the past and is creating the future." "To live in the present moment is a miracle." "Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don't see beyond that." "Don't think about the past. Just be here now." "This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play." "There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours."