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Silver Lining Of Your Cloud
Life Quotes and Sayings
Being Present
Only the present moment contains life. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
This instant is the only time there is. ~A Course in Miracles
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in
the present, which is what there is and all there is. ~Alan Watts
We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand… and melting
like a snowflake. ~Marie Beynon Ray
I have an existential map; it has ‘you are here’ written all over it. ~Stephen
Wright
Time is not a line, but a series of now-points. ~Taisen Dehimaru
When you get there, there isn’t any there there. ~Gertrude Stein
This present moment never comes to be and it never ceases to be, it is
simply our minds that construct the continuity of thoughts we call time. In
the present moment is nirvana. ~Alan W. Watts
We don’t have in our culture a healthy understanding and respect for the
value of Being, which is simply being present in the moment, not trying to
go somewhere, not trying to accomplish anything but, just being present.
~Shakti Gawain
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past,
worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present
moment wisely and earnestly. ~Buddha
When we enter the present moment deeply, our regrets and sorrows
disappear and we discover life with all its wonders. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
If you want to be happy, be. ~Leo Tolstoy
To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
~Jack Kornfield
To be alive is to totally and openly participate in the simplicity and elegance
of here and now. ~Donald Altman
When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our
understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with
acceptance, joy, peace and love. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
The very source of all happiness is your beingness, be there. ~Nisargadatta
Maharaj
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too
full to embrace the present. ~Jan Glidewell
How much of your life do you spend looking forward to being somewhere
else? ~Matthew Flickstein
Be like a very small joyous child, living gloriously in the ever present now,
without a single worry or concern about even the next moment of time.
~Eileen Caddy
I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can
know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to
serve, and I serve it in all lucidity. ~Igor Stravinski
The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
~Pema Chodron
Your future has nothing to do with getting somewhere you think you need
to be. It has to do with the awareness that getting there means being here.
~Carl A. Hammerschlag
The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the
Now, the most precious thing there is. ~Eckhart Tolle
The present moment contains past and future. The secret of transformation
is in the way we handle this very moment. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Confine yourself to the present. ~Marcus Aurelius
Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
~Paul Cezanne
This is the Zen approach: nothing is there to be done. There is nothing to
do. One has just to be. Have a rest and be ordinary and be natural. ~Osho
To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of
becoming present. ~Eckhart Tolle
Beyond the beauty of external forms, there is more here: something that
cannot be named, something ineffable, some deep, inner, holy essence.
Whenever and wherever there is beauty, this inner essence shines through
somehow. It only reveals itself to you when you are present. ~Eckhart Tolle
There is a presence, a silence, a stillness which is here by itself. There is no
doer of it, no creator of this stillness. It is simply here in you, with you. It is
the fragrance of your own self. There is nothing to do about this, it is
naturally present. This fragrance of peace, this spaciousness, it is the
fragrance of your own being. ~Mooji
In every ordinary moment, a profound depth and beauty awaits your
discovery. ~Eckhart Tolle
Everything we are looking for is right here in the present moment. ~ Thich
Nhat Hanh
Give up the search for something to happen and fall in love, fall intimately
in love with the gift of presence in ‘what is.’ ~Tony Parsons
When we let go of manipulating the present moment in any way, we
discover that awareness is our natural state. Instead of practicing being
aware, one effortlessly takes note that awareness is always present.
~Adyashanti
When we let go of wanting something else to happen in this moment, we
are taking a profound step toward being able to encounter what is here now.
~Jon Kabat-Zinn
When you are here and now, sitting totally, not jumping ahead, the miracle
has happened. To be in the moment is the miracle. ~Osho
Where art thou when thou art not with thyself? ~Thomas A. Kempis
We cannot be present and run our storyline at the same time. ~Pema
Chodron
The mind won’t allow you to be in the moment…ever. ~Vicki Woodyard
The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a
sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing. ~Eric Benne
Knowing that all thought is reactive and one step behind the present
moment, we may begin to just listen, to observe without reaction. In this
quiet, listening mind, something Real has the possibility of entering. ~Bob
Fergeson
Positive thinking is still thinking (it takes you out of the now); silence, on
the other hand, requires no thinking, and thus leaves you fully present.
~Michael Jeffreys
Fear is a distraction from ‘what is,’ from the present actual moment,
preventing us from existing, from being what we are. ~Vanda Scaravelli
Assess not, compare not! Just be fully present and still, and let the Universe
bless you abundantly with Peace and Eternal Love. ~Ernest Fokove
Drop all beliefs and start learning how to experience. ~Osho
To be identified with your mind is to be trapped in time: the compulsion to
live almost exclusively through memory and anticipation. This creates an
endless preoccupation with past and future and an unwillingness to honor
and acknowledge the present moment and allow it to be. ~Eckhart Tolle
When you deeply accept this moment as it is–no matter what form it
takes–you are still, you are at peace. ~Eckhart Tolle
Live in the moment for the sheer joy of living it. When you do, each
moment has a quality of ecstasy. Whatever the moment contains—joy,
disappointment, sadness, excitement–welcome it. Don’t try to force it or
change it; just allow it to be. ~Pragito Dove
When you really surrender to the moment, even if it’s very unpleasant, you
feel “There’s no place I’d rather be. ~Adyashanti
Now today, moment by moment, realize that each person and event that
happens is life for you. Life is not somewhere else. See how fully you can
accept the life that presents itself to you now. ~Brenda Shoshanna
Always say “yes” to the present moment. ~Eckhart Tolle
The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds
back. ~Ram Dass
Mind says, “how?”
Heart says, “Now.”
~Mooji
Doing one thing at a time means to be total in what you do, to give it your
complete attention. This is surrendered action–empowered action. ~Eckhart
Tolle
When walking, walk. When eating, eat. ~Zen saying
As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you miss most
of your life. ~Buddha
The mind can go in a thousand different directions, but on this beautiful
path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a
flower blooms. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. ~Albert
Camus
It is so easy to waste our lives: our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so
easy to exist rather than to live. ~Anna Quindlen
I want to be alive to all the life that is in me now, to know each moment to
the utmost. ~Kahlil Gibran
Give all that is in you to the life you live. ~Christian Larson
The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. ~Lao Tzu
I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some
marmalade. It’s amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub
the floor. ~D.H. Lawrence
We can touch wonder in every moment as we slow down and perceive the
world around us as if for the first time. And when we contact wonder, we
know thankfulness for the most ordinary, extraordinary things of life. ~M. J.
Ryan
We are really alive when we live simply as that–open, waiting, trusting, and
loving to do what appears in front of us now. ~Byron Katie
The foundation for greatness is honoring the small things of the present
moment instead of pursuing the idea of greatness. ~Eckhart Tolle
There is simply no place, no location or situation that cannot be used to
wake up to and live all of what and who you are, if you are willing to show
up…to be present in the only place you ever have access to: here. ~Oriah
Mountain Dreamer
If you can see it, hear it, feel it, taste it, touch it, or smell it, you can be
present with it. It is of the present moment, and so it brings to you the
opportunity to be present with it. ~Leonard Jacob
Life demands from you only the strength you possess. Only one feat is
possible–not to have run away. ~Dag Hammarskjold
In truth, every single moment of our lives presents us with a choice: either
awaken to the reality of the present moment, or stay sleepy and push aspects
of that reality away. ~Will Johnson
To be present with our fear, to meet it with compassionate attention, is to
find this fearlessness. ~Philip Martin
The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When
mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. ~Thich
Nhat Hanh
Peace of simply being is not only a reward in itself but a blessing to all who
encounter it. ~Catherine Ingram
We never truly meet other than in silence. We never truly meet other than in
the present moment. ~Leonard Jacobson
