Quotes About Present

Most people have learned how to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no need to dwell on the past. And if the present has little effect on the future, present actions need not be weighed in for their consequence. Rather, each act is an island in time to be judged on their own.

if the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no need to dwell on the past. And if the present has little effect on the future

In fact, this is a world without future. In this world, time is a line that terminates at the present, both in reality and in the mind. In this world, no person can imagine the future.

As with most of the future worlds in the science fiction, you are not talking about the future. You are talking about the present. You are using the future as a way of giving a bit of room to move.

things from the interred past that poked up inconveniently into the present, halfway houses with their portals that went nowhere, that led only into a suggestive nothing.

You should live in the moment' is as unhelpful an imperative as 'You should believe in yourself and secure the future you want'. The only 'should' we need ever take on board is that we 'should' get on with our lives without hurting other people.

By projecting ourselves always into the hereafter we miss out on the present, on knowing ourselves and the richness of the current moment. By trying to control what we can't, we all but guarantee frustration and disappointment.

Not in imagined futures, Or in remembered pasts, But only here and only now Will you find a peace that lasts.

The birth of a man is the birth of his sorrow, The longer he lies, the more stupid he becomes, His thirst for survival and happiness in the future, Prevents him from living in the present. Chuang Tzu

Such is the nature of man-made laws: ignorant of the past and insensitive to the present.

In Hindu mythology, there is no one but ourselves to blame for our problems: neither God nor any oppressors. The idea of rebirth aims to evoke acceptance of the present, and responsibility for the future. Our immortal soul is tossed from one life to another as long as our mind refuses to do darshan. This is made most explicit in the story of Karna in the Mahabharata.

events in our lives are reactions to past actions.

Live like tomorrow doesn't exist.

I am not sure that digging in our past guilts is a useful occupation for the very old, given that one can do so little about them. I have reached a stage at which one hopes to be forgiven for concentrating on how to get through the present.

If you're having fun at the beach, like we are, but you spend all your time here wishing you could be here all the time, you're wasting the time you're here.

menace, that he intended to 'be present as a spectator and

Yet all we had was here and now, and here and now was always where the struggle toward goodness had to be fought. Toward virtue, morality, uprightness, order: call it what one liked. A long ever-recurring battle.

Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts. What good is it to brood over the past and fret about the future? Dwell in the simplicity of the present moment. Live in harmony with the dharma. Make it the heart of your life and experience. Be the master of your own destiny.

U prošlost se uvek vra?amo kad nam je stvarnost neprihvatljiva, a budu?nost neizvesna. Kad nam sadasnjica uhrozi ili poruši vrednosti u koje smo verovati I koje su nam ?inile smisao, mi u istoriji trazimo uto?ište I razloge za nadu.

All of this occurs in the past, except this sentence.

It's too late to be ready.

The reason why Jesus got into such severe trouble was that he tried to bring into the present a construction of the world, of God and of the self that belonged to a still-remote future. He was much too far ahead of his time, and suffered accordingly.

What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present.

God is life. God is life in action. The best way to say, "I love you, God," is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, "Thank you, God," is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now. Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. Letting go of the past means you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now.