Quotes About Present

Can one make the future a substitute for the present? And what guarantee have we that the future will be any better if we neglect the present?

I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.

Hardly anyone knows how much is gained by ignoring the future.

It is our very fear of the future that distorts the now that could lead to a different future if we dared to be whole in the present.

The Past is gone and the future might not even be, the only thing we ever experience is the now, I try to enjoy the minute.

The source of anxiety lies in the future. If you can keep the future out of mind, you can forget your worries.

The future is not really the future. It's just a present that looks good.

Thinking about the future and thinking about the past is really only a way of ignoring the present.

Don't let regrets about the past or worries about the future rob you of your enjoyment of the present.

The Ganga to me is the symbol of India's memorable past which has been flowing into the present and continues to flow towards the ocean of the future.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

Neither in the life of the individual nor in that of mankind is it desirable to know the future.

The future belongs to the one most fully alive in the present.

Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.

It's what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.

Don't worry about the past and don't try to solve the future.

And right action is freedom From past and future also.

If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world.

Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future.

When you have one foot in the future and the other in the past, you piss on the present.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

Mindfulness was experienced as not holding onto the past, the future, or 'nowness:' but relaxing into the immediacy of whatever was happening.

Conditioned Awareness is where we live our lives in guilt over the past and anxiety over the future and never get to experience the present.