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