Quotes About Present

The past is always beautiful. So, for that matter, is the future. Only the present hurts, and we carry it around like an abscess of suffering, our compassion between two infinities of happiness and peace.

What is it?" "Something with which to penetrate you." "But you can penetrate me now. As often as you like." "Doesn't mean we shouldn't explore other options." "Hmm," I said. "Soooo instead of diamonds or shoes, you got me a . . ." I stared at him, and waited for him to reveal the nature of his present. He grinned. "Buzz, buzz, Ellie Bee.

Go live ITM." ITM?" In the Mo," Beth elaborated.

Ford," she whispered to him. "I promise I'll leave you alone, never see you again. Just please, help me get you home." Still nothing. "Ford!" She sat up, her hands gripping his shoulders, putting everything she had into it, all her anger and fear and longing and hope and love. "Ford Winter!" So softly she almost missed it, he whispered, "Present." She laughed through her tears and hugged him. "Good boy," she said.

You're as spiritual as you are comfortable being alive.' And

I don't think things through very often - I don't project into the future about how a situation will turn out.

Life can only happen between the past i.e. the history and the future i.e. the mystery. Both these are non-existential, thus insignificant. Between history and mystery lies now, let it be capitalized, seed your life every moment and get Mickeymized.

There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.

Porque sua mulher vivia com o coração na mão e estendia este como oferta para o ar do mundo, entregue por completo ao momento presente, como vivem as rosas do campo e as rolas dos céus.

This paradox of rising expectations suggests that improving the quality of life might be an insurmountable task. In fact, there is no inherent problem in our desire to escalate our goals, as long as we enjoy the struggle along the way. The problem arises when people are so fixated on what they want to achieve that they cease to derive pleasure from the present. When that happens, they forfeit their chance of contentment.

The problem arises when people are so fixated on what they want to achieve that they cease to derive pleasure from the present.

The only path to finding out what life is about is a patient, slow attempt to make sense of the realities of the past and the possibilities of the future as they can be understood in the present.

The most important step in emancipating oneself from social controls is the ability to find rewards in the events of each moment.

We have seen earlier that when an activity is thoroughly engrossing, there is not enough attention left over to allow a person to consider either the past or the future, or any other temporarily irrelevant stimuli. One item that disappears from awareness deserves special mention, because in normal life we spend so much time thinking about it: our own self.

Flow is important both because it makes the present instant more enjoyable, and because it builds the self-confidence that allows us to develop skills and make significant contributions to humankind.

We are always getting to live," as Ralph Waldo Emerson used to say, "but never living." Or as poor Frances learned in the children's story, it is always bread and jam tomorrow, never bread and jam today.

we develop a set of our own. The most important step in emancipating oneself from social controls is the ability to find rewards in the events of each moment. If a person learns to enjoy and find meaning in the ongoing stream of experience, in the process of living itself, the burden of social controls automatically falls from one's shoulders.

The most important step in emancipating oneself from social controls is the ability to find rewards in the events of each moment. If a person learns to enjoy and find meaning in the ongoing stream of experience, in the process of living itself, the burden of social controls automatically

Wir stehen immer kurz davor zu leben«, sagte Ralph Waldo Emerson, »aber wir leben nie.«

The problem arises when people are so fixated on what they want to achieve that they cease to derive pleasure from the present. When that happens, they forfeit their chance of contentment.

Nosotros siempre estamos luchando por vivir –solía decir Ralph Waldo Emerson–, pero nunca vivimos.» O como la pobre Frances aprendió en el cuento para niños: siempre habrá pan y jamón mañana, pero nunca habrá pan y jamón hoy.

Ella me miró y el tiempo se detuvo, el Sol dejó de girar alrededor de la tierra y el pasado se fundió con el futuro; no existió sino el presente, ese instante de vida que ni el tiempo más celoso podía arrebatar

This is your life. Your power. Know it to use it. Begin today.

When you don't know what you want, it's probably time to begin enjoying what you have.