"Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life."
– Thích Nhất Hạnh
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
– Aristotle
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
– Buddha
"Look past your thoughts, so you may drink the pure nectar of This Moment."
– Rumi
"The future is always beginning now."
– Mark Strand
"In today's rush, we all think too much--seek too much--want too much--and forget about the joy of just being."
– Eckhart Tolle
"Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone."
– Louis L'Amour
"The real question is not whether life exists after death. The real question is whether you are alive before death."
– Osho
"With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment."
– Thích Nhất Hạnh
"Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."
– Buddha
"Observe the space between your thoughts, then observe the observer."
– Hamilton Boudreaux
"Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more."
– Mother Teresa
"Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it."
– Eckhart Tolle
"Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind."
– Joseph Goldstein
"Wherever you are, be there totally."
– Eckhart Tolle
"Now is the future that you promised yourself last year, last month, last week. Now is the only moment you’ll ever really have. Mindfulness is about waking up to this."
– Mark Williams
"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens."
– Carl Jung
"When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it."
– Eckhart Tolle
"We cannot be present and run our story-line at the same time."
– Pema Chödrön
"If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath."
– Amit Ray
"Look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your thoughts about them."
– Jon Kabat-Zinn
"The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That’s all there ever is."
– Eckhart Tolle