Quotes About Being

There are moments when you get out of your own head and you exist in the moment, and that can be good acting.

It's definitely a struggle to prove yourself just as a good human being. I'm so proud of who I am and what I've become, the morals I have, and the people that I'm surrounded by.

By choice, we have become a family, first in our hearts, and finally in breath and being. Great expectations are good; great experiences are better.

One of the great things about being an actor is it serves a short attention span, which is something I have.

Maybe happiness is this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else.

Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity, it is a state of being.

Being joyful is our natural state of being.

People sometimes fail to live because they are always preparing to live.

Happiness isn't some elusive treasure we chase after. It's a state of being we need to PRACTICE.

Real happiness lies in that which never comes nor goes, but simply is.

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

Our thinking minds deprive us of the happiness that comes when we are living fully in the moment.

The highest compliment one can be paid by another human being is to be told: 'Because of what you are, you are essential to my happiness.'

The single fact of existing is already a true happiness.

To be happy is not the purpose of our being, but to deserve happiness.

Real happiness is when you are happy for no reason at all; you are simply being.

Happiness is not something that you pursue; it is something that you allow. Happiness is just being.

Where there is a mind, there are feelings such as pain, pleasure, and joy. No sentient being wants pain: all wants happiness instead.

Happiness is just being you, where you are right now. Allow yourself to be you. Shut off all the silly thoughts and desires and crazy emotions

To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.

The emptiness of play is when there is no self present. There is no one playing - there is only play itself taking place, perfect fluid motion.

My health and my family are the core of my being.

The fact is, I need God to help me love God. And if I need His help to love Him, a perfect being, I definitely need His help to love other, fault-filled humans.

Our ultimate goal is to be fully present for life. It takes practice