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• There are very few men-and they are the exceptions-who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Men, Thinking, Able

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• You have absorb'd me. I have a sensation at the present moment as though I was dissolving.

  John Keats

  Moments, Forgetful, Dissolving

  John Keats (1820). “The Complete Works of John Keats”, p.130

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• And it is clear to Evan, now: the difference between what is and what has been done; the present and the past. He sees that what he does and who he is isn't based on the past unless he wants it to be... No. That is the past, which has been seen differently through many different eyes and has become hazy and unclear, like a pond when stirred with a stick. Only the present moment is clear and free from prejudice.

  Garth Stein

  Eye, Past, Differences

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• Living in the present moment means living according to truth and principle (but not according to hard rigid dogma) flexibly applied in the particular way required by the immediate situation in which you are. Such a way of living leaves you free, not ruled tyrannically by imposed regulations which may not at all suit the particular case.

  Paul Brunton

  Mean, Principles, May

  Paul Brunton (1988). “Relativity, Philosophy and Mind: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton”, Larson Publication

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• If we only look far enough off for the consequence of our actions, we can always find some point in the combination of results by which those actions can be justified: by adopting the point of view of a Providence who arranges results, or of a philosopher who traces them, we shall find it possible to obtain perfect complacency in choosing to do what is most agreeable to us in the present moment.

  George Eliot

  Views, Perfect, Looks

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.1166, Wordsworth Editions

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• Only the present moment contains life.

  Nhat Hanh

  Mindfulness, Moments, Peace Is Every Step

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2009). “Happiness (EasyRead Edition)”, p.35, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Remember that there is only one important time and it is Now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person with whom you are, who is right before you, for who knows if you will have dealings with any other person in the future? The most important pursuit is making that person, the one standing at you side, happy, for that alone is the pursuit of life.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Important, Dominion, Sides

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• [Happiness] comes when we choose to be who we are, to be ourselves, at this present moment in our lives.

  Jean Vanier

  Who We Are, Moments, Our Lives

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• Our emotional mind will harness the rational mind to its purposes, for our feelings and reactions-- rationalizations-- justifying them in terms of the present moment, without realizing the influence of our emotional memory.

  Daniel Goleman

  Memories, Emotional, Feelings

  Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.435, Bantam

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• If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything. When a child presents himself to you with his smile, if you are not really there - thinking about the future or the past, or preoccupied with other problems - then the child is not really there for you. The technique of being alive is to go back to yourself in order for the child to appear like a marvellous reality. Then you can see him smile and you can embrace him in your arms.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, Children, Past

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• There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.

  Alexander Woollcott

  Life, Motivational, Encouragement

  Alexander Woollcott (1951). “The Indispensable Woollcott”

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• Instead of 'watching the thinker,' you can also create a gap in the mind stream simply by directing the focus of your attention into the Now. Just become intensely conscious of the present moment. This is a deeply satisfying thing to do. In this way, you draw consciousness away from mind activity and create a gap of no-mind in which you are highly alert and aware but not thinking. This is the essence of meditation.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Thinking, Essence, Focus

  Eckhart Tolle (2001). “Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now”, p.21, New World Library

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• Nothing is known in our profession by guess; and I do not believe, that from the first dawn of medical science to the present moment, a single correct idea has ever emanated from conjecture: it is right therefore, that those who are studying their profession should be aware that there is no short road to knowledge; and that observation on the diseased living, examination of the dead, and experiments upon living animals, are the only sources of true knowledge; and that inductions from these are the sole bases of legitimate theory.

  Astley Cooper

  Believe, Knowledge, Science

  A Treatise on Dislocations and Fractures of the Joints

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• Fashion will last forever. It will exist always. It will exist in its own way in each era. I live in the moment. It's interesting to know the old methods. But you have to live in the present moment.

  Azzedine Alaia

  Fashion, Interesting, Forever

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• Meditation is a way of slowing down so as to descend into the depths of yourself in the present moment, where God lies waiting to grant you a deep experience of your eternal oneness with God.

  James Finley

  Lying, Oneness, Meditation

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• As I look back at the entire tapestry of my life, I can see from the perspective of the present moment that every aspect of my life was necessary and perfect. Each step eventually led to a higher place, even though these steps often felt like obstacles or painful experiences.

  Wayne Dyer

  Spiritual, Painful Experiences, Perfect

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• To be happy, you must live in, but not for, the present moment.

  Goswami Kriyananda

  Happiness, Moments

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• There's only one reason why you're not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it's because you're thinking or focusing on what you don't have....But, right now you have everything you need to be in bliss.

  Anthony de Mello

  Life, Thinking, Needs

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.61, Image

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• Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then sustaining that attention over time as best we can. In the process, we become more in touch with our life as it is unfolding.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Mean, Mindfulness, Attention

  Myla Kabat-zinn, Jon Kabat-Zinn (1998). “Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting”, Hyperion

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• I have learned to accept that, in the present moment at least, things are exactly as they are meant to be, and although I cannot control the future any more than I could control the wind and the weather, I can manage it and influence it in a positive way.

  Roz Savage

  Attitude, Wind, Weather

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• But you can’t get to any of these truths by sitting in a field smiling beatifically, avoiding your anger and damage and grief. Your anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth. We don’t have much truth to express unless we have gone into those rooms and closets and woods and abysses that we were told not go in to. When we have gone in and looked around for a long while, just breathing and finally taking it in – then we will be able to speak in our own voice and to stay in the present moment. And that moment is home.

  Anne Lamott

  Grief, Home, Voice

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• Do not look back and do not dream about the future. It will neither give you back the past, nor satisfy your other daydreams. Your duty, your reward, your destiny, is in the present moment

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Dream, Time, Past

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• Life is never boring but some people choose to be bored. The concept of boredom entails an inability to use up present moments in a personally fulfilling way. Boredom is a choice; something you visit upon yourself, and it is another of those self-defeating items that you can eliminate from your life.

  Wayne Dyer

  Blessing, Self, People

  Wayne W. Dyer (1977). “Your erroneous zones”

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• Old & New put their stamp to everything in Nature. The snowflake that is now falling is marked by both. The present moment gives the motion & the color of the flake: Antiquity, its form & properties. All things wear a luster which is the gift of the present & a tarnish of time.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Nature, Fall, Color

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• Live in the present moment and find your interest and happiness in the things of today.

  Emmet Fox

  Peace, Today, Moments

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