Here And Now Quotes - Page 16

• The life that the dawn brings us is the only life we have. Life
  is in the here and now, not in the there and afterwards.

  Vimala Thakar

  Dawn, Life Is

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• For Jesus, heaven and hell were present realities. Ways of living we can enter into here and now. He talked very little of the life beyond this one.

  Rob Bell

  Jesus, Reality, Heaven

  Rob Bell (2006). “Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith”, p.147, Harper Collins

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• I take full responsibility here and now for everything I experience, for it is my own programming that creates my actions and also influences the reactions of people around me.

  Ken Keyes Jr.

  Responsibility, People, Action

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• Springtime is at hand. When will you ever bloom, if not here and now?

  Angelus Silesius

  Hands, Springtime, Ifs

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• Presence is not some exotic state that we need to search for or manufacture. In the simplest terms, it is the felt sense of wakefulness, openness, and tenderness that arises when we are fully here and now with our experience.

  Tara Brach

  Needs, Exotic, States

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• And, of course, some SF is set close enough to here and now that Anglo and European do apply. Since many of the writers come from those backgrounds, so does much of the fiction.

  Stanley Schmidt

  Doe, Fiction, Bedtime

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• Disabused of our illusions by much travel and travail, we awaken one day to find that the sacred center is here and now - in every moment of the journey, everywhere in the world around us, and deep within our own hearts.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Heart, Journey, One Day

  Parker J. Palmer (2015). “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation”, p.24, John Wiley & Sons

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• The here-and-now mountain
  is a tiny piece of a piece of straw
  blown off into emptiness.

  Rumi

  Mountain, Pieces, Tiny

  Rumi (2014). “'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian”, p.44, Lulu.com

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• The future can always wait so long as the here-and-now is rapturous.

  Philip Sington

  Long, Waiting

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• We have the idea that God is going to do some exceptional thing- that He is preparing and equipping us for some extraordinary work in the future. But as we grow in His grace we find that God is glorifying Himself here and now, at this very moment. If we have God’s assurance behind us, the most amazing strength becomes ours, and we learn to sing, glorifying Him even in the ordinary days and ways of life.

  Oswald Chambers

  Ordinary Days, Ideas, Grace

  Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.49, Discovery House

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• Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.

  Fred Rogers

  Love, Struggle, Acceptance

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.21, Penguin

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• The future will be in the hands of those of you who belong to the 21st century. You have the opportunity and responsibility to build a better humanity. This means developing warm-heartednes s in this very life, here and now. So, do whatever work you do, but ask yourselves now and then, 'How can I contribute to human beings being happier and more peaceful?'

  Dalai Lama

  Mean, Responsibility, Opportunity

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• The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

  Annie Lennox

  Life, Appreciation, Future

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• Change the focus of the eye. When you have done that, then the end of the world as you formerly knew it will have occurred, and you will experience the radiance of the divine presence everywhere, here and now.

  Joseph Campbell

  Eye, Focus, Done

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• Let me say here and now that faith has never done me any good, only doubt. So that is what has become my testament.

  Jo Nesbo

  Doubt, Done, Let Me

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  This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

  Alan Watts

  Life, Inspiring, Monday

  Alan Watts (1977). “The essence of Alan Watts”, Celestial Arts Publishing Company

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