Quotes About Moment

The wave can live the life of a wave, but it can also do better. It can live every moment of its life deeply touching its nature of no-birth and no-death, that is, its nature as water.

So when it happens, don't just say Damn and forget it. Stop a minute and think it through. Somebody's going to change the face of the earth and it could be you. 'It Was Nothing -- Really!', 1969

The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.

Only the present moment contains life.

Know that life can only be found in the present moment.

You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.

To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.

The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments.

Whether this moment is happy or not depends on you. It`s you who makes the moment happy, not the moment that makes you happy. With mindfulness, concentration, and insight, any moment can become a happy moment.

Western civilization places so much emphasis on the idea of hope that we sacrifice the present moment. Hope is for the future. It cannot help us discover joy, peace, or enlightenment in the present moment.

Your dream can be realized right in the present moment. You live your life in such a way that every step in the right direction and every breath along the way becomes the realization of your dream. Your dream does not take you away from the present; on the contrary, your dream becomes reality in the present moment.

What is happening in the present moment is life.

Our appointment with life is in the present moment. If we do not have peace and joy right now when will we have peace and joy--tomorrow, or after tomorrow? What is presenting us from being happy right now?

You have to realize that happiness is not something you find at the end of the road. You have to understand that it is here, now.

The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you

As the Buddha said, "The past no longer is, the future is not yet here; there is only one moment in which life is available, and that is the present moment." To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.

The only moment to be alive is in the present moment.

We tend to postpone being alive to the future, the distant future, we don't know when. It's as if now is not the moment to be alive. We may never be alive at all in our entire life.

even when we are most joyful, there is fear behind our joy. We fear that this moment will end, that we won't get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe.

If you always sit in expectation, you're not in the present moment. The present moment contains the whole of life.

To "love our enemy" is impossible, because the moment we love him, he is no longer our enemy.