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Quotes About Present

There is no future. There is only now, a continuous now. We have become so wrapped up in the past and the future that we don't see the continuous now. There is no future. It is an idea that you have.
~ Frederick Lenz
No matter what decade science fiction comes from, it's representing the present.
~ Don Hertzfeldt
This moment there is all that will ever be or has ever been. All the events of all of our lives are going-on simultaneously. There is no beginning and there is no ending. There's only this moment.
~ Frederick Lenz
One must divide one's time between politics and equations. But our equations are much more important to me, because politics is for the present, while our equations are for eternity.
~ Albert Einstein
science fiction is not about the future but about the possibilities inherent in the present.
~ Judith B. Kerman
The better you tell an old story, the more you are talking about right now.
~ John Crowley, Engine Summer
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
~ Nhat Hanh
Smile, breathe and go slowly." - Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen monk, author and peace activist.
~ Nhat Hanh
Smile, breathe and go slowly.
~ Nhat Hanh
The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.
~ Horace
Just breathing and smiling can make us very happy, because when we breathe consciously we recover ourselves completely and encounter life in the present moment.
~ Nhat Hanh
Smile, breathe, and go slowly. Thich Nhat Hanh Don't try to steer the river.
~ Deepak Chopra
Go slowly, breathe and smile.
~ Nhat Hanh
There are two days in the year that you cannot do anything: YESTERDAY & TOMORROW: Only TODAY you can Be Happy, Smile, Dream, Love, Feel, & Be Thankful…
~ Pablo
No ideals. No illusions. Just reality - but more perfect than you've ever imagined. That's what being mindful and living in the present means.
~ Lidiya K., This Moment
If you want to conquer the stress, anger and illusion of life, live in the moment, enjoy your breathing, count your blessings.
~ Bhimsen Sapkota
The society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present, and who are not aware that life had been, and could be, different from what it is.
~ Aristotle
The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.
~ Gottfried Leibniz
Mortal life is too short to be worried all the time.
~ A. Lee Martinez
What day is it?" asked Pooh. "It's today," squeaked Piglet. "My favorite day," said Pooh.
~ A.A. Milne
Whatever is happening at this moment, that is your life. The future is not your life; it never arrives. What is actually here is always only this moment.
~ A.H. Almaas
But I have to resist the impulse to create memories suitable for framing.
~ Abigail Thomas
To have a fear you have to be able to imagine the future, and I never think about the future anymore. It is no longer my destination.
~ Abigail Thomas
The past gets swallowed up in the extraordinary circumstances of now. But mostly it hurts too much to let my mind go back.
~ Abigail Thomas