Present Moment Quotes - Page 9

• It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Wisdom, Fashion, Intelligence

  Benjamin Disraeli, Edmund Gosse, Robert Arnot (1904). “The Works of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, Embracing Novels, Romances, Plays, Poems, Biography, Short Stories and Great Speeches: Coningsby, v. 2. Selected speeches”

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• Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not resisting the fact that things end, that things pass, that things have no lasting substance, that everything is changing all the time-that is the basic message.

  Pema Chodron

  Buddhism, Squares, Suffering

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• Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts. What good does it do to brood on the past or anticipate the future? Remain in the simplicity of the present moment.

  Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

  Wisdom, Buddhism, Past

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• When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we fail to recognize the luminous simplicity of mind that is always present behind the veils of thought.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Memories, Buddhism, Simplicity

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• Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity which is in harmony with our true nature and allows us to taste the freshness of the present moment.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Wisdom, Believe, Mean

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• When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.

  Jack Kornfield

  Letting Go, Spiritual, Heart

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• The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Cat, Pet, Helpful

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• There is nothing that you can do to change the present moment. It simply is. You may be able to change the situation one second, one minute, one hour, or one day from now, but there's absolutely nothing you can do to change the way things are right here and now. By not getting irritated you will be more effective in doing what needs to be done to change the situation for the next moment.

  Ken Keyes Jr.

  One Day, Needs, Done

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• Life is a series of choices that are made in the present moment.

  Darren Main

  Life, Choices, Moments

  Darren Main (2002). “Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic”, p.173, BookBaby

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• I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Believe, Church, World

  Charles Spurgeon (1989). “The Soul Winner”, p.278, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• The future is carved out of the present moment. Tomorrow's harvest depends upon today's ploughing and sowing.

  Chinmayananda Saraswati

  Inspiring, Moving, Heart

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• Sticking with uncertainty is how we learn to relax in the midst of chaos, how we learn to be cool when the ground beneath us suddenly disappears. We can bring ourselves back to the spiritual path countless times every day simply by exercising our willingness to rest in the uncertainty of the present moment—over and over again.

  Pema Chodron

  Spiritual, Exercise, Relax

  Pema Chodron (2003). “Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion”, p.8, Shambhala Publications

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• The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.

  Pema Chodron

  Heartbreaking, Moments, Cheat

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.6, Shambhala Publications

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• The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought. That's what we're going to discover again and again and again. Nothing is what we thought. I can say that with great confidence. Emptiness is not what we thought. Neither is mindfulness or fear. Compassion––not what we thought. Love. Buddha nature. Courage. These are code words for things we don't know in our minds, but any of us could experience them. These are words that point to what life really is when we let things fall apart and let ourselves be nailed to the present moment.

  Pema Chodron

  Fall, Compassion, Mind

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• What is the biggest thing that stops people from living their lives in the present moment? Fear - and we must learn how to overcome fear.

  Brian Weiss

  People, Overcoming, Moments

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• Once you uncover the history of this pattern and trace its roots, you will see that your reaction in the present moment is really a reaction from the past, a shadow character's attempt to protect you from reexperiencing an old emotional wound, which instead sabotages you in the present.

  Connie Zweig

  Character, Past, Emotional

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• The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you.

  Bruce Catton

  Morning, Nice, Interesting

  Bruce Catton (1987). “Waiting for the Morning Train: An American Boyhood”, p.39, Wayne State University Press

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• Let us live simply in the freshness of the present moment, in the clarity of pure awakened mind.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Mind, Clarity, Moments

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• In the freshness of the present moment, past is gone, future is not yet born, and—if one remains in pure mindfulness and freedom—disturbing thoughts arise and go without leaving a trace. That is basic meditation.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Past, Meditation, Leaving

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• We spend so little time in the present moment that it's anything but ordinary.

  Andy Puddicombe

  Motivation, Inspiration, Ordinary

  "All it takes is 10 mindful minutes". TED conference, www.ted.com. November 2012.

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• We can’t change every little thing that happens to us in life, but we can change the way that we experience it. That’s the potential of meditation, of mindfulness. You don’t have to burn any incense, and you definitely don’t have to sit on the floor. All you need to do is to take 10 mins out a day to step back; to familiarise yourself with the present moment so that you get to experience a greater sense of focus, calm and clarity in your life.

  Andy Puddicombe

  Focus, Meditation, Mindfulness

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• You don't want to block your thoughts, emotions, and so on; nor do you want to chase after them. If you chase after them, if you let them lead you, they begin to define you, and you lose your ability to respond openly and spontaneously in the present moment. On the other hand, if you attempt to block your thoughts, your mind can become quite tight and small.

  Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

  Block, Hands, Mind

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• In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense. The past and the future are both rolled up in this present moment of illumination, and this present moment is not something standing still with all its contents, for it ceaselessly moves on.

  D.T. Suzuki

  Spiritual, Single Mom, Moving

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• As you awaken, the present moment becomes your home. You still play in the world of time, but you're not identified with the story unfolding there.

  Leonard Jacobson

  Home, Play, Stories

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• Eating mindfully is a most important practice of meditation. We can eat in a way that we restore the cookie of our childhood. The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

  Nhat Hanh

  Practice, Joy, Childhood

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