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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
Martin Luther King Jr (see works by and about Martin Luther King Jr )
Practice calling your mind back from the past and future to attend to the present moment. This is true self development.
The Daily Guru
Exhaust the little moment.
Soon it dies.
And be it gash or gold
it will not come
Again in this disguise.
Gwendolyn Brooks
But whatever you’ve been today is already over.
from Pulling Your Own Strings, by Wayne Dyer (see works by Wayne Dyer )
You can not change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future.
…this moment… is the only physical reality you have.
from Real Magic, by Wayne Dyer (see other works by Wayne Dyer )
When we are in the world of the thinking mind, we are somewhere in the remembered past or the imagined future. We are in a world of thought, memory, concept, idea, opinion and belief. We are not here now. What we are experiencing is not the truth and reality of the present moment.
The Daily Guru
There is nothing you need to know. As of this moment, you are free of any obligations. You may go in any direction you like. You are reborn.
from Remember Your Essence, by Paul Williams (see works by Paul Williams )
The angel of death comes to us and says, “You see everything that exists here is mine; it is not yours. Your house, your spouse, your children, your car, your career, your money – everything is mine and I can take it away when I want to, but for now you can use it.”
from The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel (see works by Don Miguel )
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) (see works by Ralph Waldo Emerson )
A day dawns, quite like other days; in it, a single hour comes, quite like other hours; but in that day and in that hour the chance of a lifetime faces us.
Maltbie Babcock
When you become silent, there is no agenda. You are not seeking anything. You are being silent and present with what is present, simply because the present moment is the truth of life and it is enough. You are just being here now, fully open and present with what is here now with you. You are not seeking or desiring anything outside of the present moment. God exists IN the present moment. God exists AS the present moment. By being willing to be fully present in the moment, you honor God, and so God will respond to you. It is that simple.
The Daily Guru
Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
Barbara De Angelis, American author (see works by Barbara De Angelis )
Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are… Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in my pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return.
Mary Jean Iron
When we are mindful of every nuance of our natural world, we finally get the picture: that we are only given one dazzling moment of life here on Earth, and we must stand before that reality both humbled and elevated, subject to every law of our universe and grateful for our brief but intrinsic participation with it.
Elizabeth Gilbert, from her biography of naturalist Eustace Conway
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
JB Priestly (1894-1984) English author (see works by JB Priestly )
It is never too late to become who you might have been.
George Eliot (see works by George Eliot )
The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th US President (see works by and about Abraham Lincoln )
Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try. No hell below us, above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today.
John Lennon (see works by and about John Lennon )
The more I give myself permission to live in the moment and enjoy it without feeling guilty… the better I feel about the quality of my work.
Wayne Dyer (see works by Wayne Dyer )
There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
Sophia Loren (see works about Sophia Loren )
Finding time to loaf – to think, daydream, or simply enjoy being in the moment – is a critical part of maintaining a healthy mind and body.
Kathy Paauw
Live, love and, be present in each moment. Each moment quickly passes by, but over time, their culmination makes for a truly fulfilled life.
Lisa George
Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.
Eileen Caddy
When we let go of yearning for the future, preoccupation with the past, and strategies to protect the present, there is nowhere left to go but where we are. To connect with the present moment is to begin to appreciate the beauty of true simplicity.
Jack Kornfield (see works by Jack Kornfield )
I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.
Maya Angelou (see works by Maya Angelou )
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
Henry David Thoreau (see works by Henry David Thoreau )
Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived.
Jean Luc Picard (see works including Jean Luc Picard )
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.
Henri-Frederic Amiel
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