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Quotes About Present

This section of the book contains the how-to of unhooking from the past and living in the present, all the while being mindful of the future.
~ Janet Geringer Woititz
Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same fucking day, man.
~ Janis Joplin
You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
~ Janis Joplin
tomorrow never happens. it's the same fucking day, man.
~ Janis Joplin
If you were to ask me the best time of day to fall in love, I'd say, "Now." But you'd also have to remember to factor in the fact that my watch is eleven minutes fast.
~ Jarod Kintz
The new luxury is to shed the shackles of deferred living—to pursue your passions now, while you're still working.
~ Jason Fried
Something in djet time is finished but not past; it exists forever in the present.
~ Jason Wilson
Restoring what has broken is a reminder to be careful with that is here now.
~ Jason Wilson
Time?" - "Can only be coming from the future, passing through the present, and going into the past.
~ Jaswant Singh
Jeg ønsker å være der han er, og det eneste området hvor jeg vet at vi er sammen, er i fortiden, i det som ikke er og likevel har vært. Han er allerede fortid, mens jeg, derimot, er nåtid.
~ Javier Marías
Al fin y al cabo, el que fue lo contiene el de ahora, el que está y no está y el que va y viene, nadie más puede albergarlo.
~ Javier Marías
É a horrível força do presente, que esmaga o passado tanto quanto o distancia, e que além disso o falseia sem que o passado possa abrir a boca, nem protestar nem contradizê-lo nem refutar-lhe seja o que for.
~ Javier Marías
Our society has reoriented itself to the present moment. Everything is live, real time, and always-on. It's not a mere speeding up, however much our lifestyles and technologies have accelerated the rate at which we attempt to do things. It's more of a diminishment of anything that isn't happening right now—and the onslaught of everything that supposedly is.
~ Douglas Rushkoff
Cómo alcanzaré la vida eterna?" "Ya es la vida eterna. Entra en el presente". "Pero si ya estoy en el presente… o no?". "No" "¿Por qué no?" "´Porque no has renunciado al pasado". "Y ¿por qué iba a renunciar a mi pasado? No todo el pasado es malo…" "No hay que renunciar al pasado porque sea malo, sino porque está muerto". Anthony de Mello.
~ Dr. Jacobo Grinberg Zylberbaum
Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.
~ Dr. Seuss
The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
~ Dwight Eisenhower
tomorrow is our permanent address and there they'll scarcely find us(if they do, we'll move away still further:into now
~ E.E. Cummings
and on forever's very now we stand
~ E.E. Cummings
We view the past, and achieve our understanding of the past, only through the eyes of the present
~ E.H. Carr
Happiness consists of living in the dailyness of life and not knowing how happy you are.
~ E.L. Doctorow
Don't let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful present moment.
~ Eckhart Tolle
As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love - even the most simple action.
~ Eckhart Tolle
If not now, when?
~ Eckhart Tolle
Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.
~ Eckhart Tolle