Quotes About Awareness

Nowadays we have so many things that take our attention - phones, Internet - and perhaps we need to disconnect from those and focus on the immediate world around us and the people that are actually present.

If the present is really all we have, then the present lasts forever.

It just is nothing foreign to consciousness at all that could present itself to consciousness through the mediation of phenomena different from the liking itself; to like is intrinsically to be conscious.

Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple.

It's time to bring a change because the world is changing. Let's open our minds and live in present.

We think we're living in the present, but we're really living in the past.

Remember the past, live the present, think a little less about the future.

I don't think about the future. I don't think about the past. I just think of what comes into my head at the time. So that might be about the past, that might be about the future. Or, the present.

Be present and in the moment.

To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present.

For me, it's important to concentrate to the present and leave the past.

The mind is always present. You just don't see it.

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

When you know you haven't been connecting with, persuading, or getting through to someone, consciously pause before meeting them and say to yourself, 'During this conversation, I am committing to being present and to connecting.'

Just stay present in the moment, and what will come will come.

I'm learning how to live in the present and be grateful for what's working rather than look for the 'what's not working' piece.

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

The point of power is always in the present moment.

Live in the present moment. The past and future are nonexistent. Only the present can be grasped or, better, embraced.

My focus is to try to appreciate the present moment more and more and more.

While you are meditating, if your mind wanders, gently bring it back to the present moment.

The present moment is changing so fast that we often do not notice its existence at all. Every moment of mind is like a series of pictures passing through a projector. Some of the pictures come from sense impressions. Others come from memories of past experiences or from fantasies of the future.

I try to just stay in the present moment as much as possible.

Take each day as it comes and focus on the present moment.