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• We who run in the way of Love must never torment ourselves about anything. If I did not suffer minute by minute, it would be impossible for me to be patient; but I see only the present moment, I forget the past, and take good care not to anticipate the future. If we grow disheartened, if sometimes we despair, it is because we have been dwelling on the past or the future.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Love, Running, Past

  St. Therese of Lisieux (1915). “Thoughts of Saint Thérèse”, p.55, TAN Books

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• Of all the discoveries which men need to make, the most important, at the present moment, is that of the self-forming power treasured up in themselves. They little suspect its extent, as little as the savage apprehends the energy which the mind is created to exert on the material world.

  William Ellery Channing

  Men, Discovery, Self

  William Ellery CHANNING (1839). “Self-Culture. An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston. 1838”, p.6

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• Mindfulness is about finding ways to slow down and pay attention to the present moment-which improves performance and reduces stress. It’s about having the time and space to attend to what’s right in front of us, even though many other forces are trying to keep us stuck in the past or inviting us to fantasize or worry about the future. It’s about a natural quality each of us possesses, and which we can further develop in just a few minutes a day.

  Tim Ryan

  Stress, Past, Space

  Tim Ryan (2012). “A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit”, p.17, Hay House, Inc

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• By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better & prepare for a better future.

  Nhat Hanh

  Past, Moments, Better Future

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• The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment. But we're continually missing our present moments, almost willfully, by not paying attention.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Missing, Mindfulness, Attention

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• Except that it’s not really 'now' that the inner critic attacks. It’s a few seconds or a minute ago. The inner critic depends upon comparison, and when we are fully aware in the present moment, when there is no past or future in our mind’s awareness, there is nothing to compare. There is only what is, as it is. The inner critic disappears.

  Jan Chozen Bays

  Past, Mind, Moments

  Jan Chozen Bays (2009). “Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food”, p.110, Shambhala Publications

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• We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

  Pema Chodron

  Moments

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.53, Shambhala Publications

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• Transformations is the word. We can do the work of transformation only in the present moment

  Nhat Hanh

  Transformation, Moments, Can Do

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• When we enter the present moment deeply, our regrets and sorrows disappear, and we discover life with all its wonders.

  Nhat Hanh

  Regret, Sorrow, Wonder

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2009). “Happiness (EasyRead Comfort Edition)”, p.42, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Because if the manifestations that happen in the present moment are beautiful and good, their continuation in the future will be also good and beautiful.

  Nhat Hanh

  Beauty, Beautiful, Moments

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• That which the sciences can add to the privileges of the human race has never been more marked than at the present moment. ... The air seems to become as accessible to him as the waters.... The name of Montgolfier, the names of those hardy navigators of the new element, will live through time; but who among us, on seeing these superb experiments, has not felt his soul elevated, his ideas expanded, his mind enlarged?

  Jean Sylvain Bailly

  Science, Race, Air

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• When we let go of yearning for the future, preoccupation with the past, and strategies to protect the present, there is nowhere left to go but where we are. To connect with the present moment is to begin to appreciate the beauty of true simplicity.

  Jack Kornfield

  Letting Go, Past, Appreciate

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• Allow rather than resist what arises in the present moment-inside or out. Let it be interesting rather than good or bad.

  Dan Millman

  Interesting, Moments, Arise

  Dan Millman (2010). “Body Mind Mastery: Training for Sport and Life”, p.58, New World Library

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• This is the message of your life and my life - it’s that nothing lasts. Heraclitus said it: Panta Rhei. All flows, nothing lasts. Not your enemies, not your fortune, not who you sleep with at night, not the books, not the house in Saint-Tropez, not even the children - nothing lasts. To the degree that you avert your gaze from this truth, you build the potential for pain into your life. Everything is this act of embracing the present moment, the felt presence of experience, and then moving on to the next felt moment of experience. It’s literally psychological nomadism is what it is.

  Terence McKenna

  Children, Pain, Moving

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• The power of the present moment is so immense it is capable - when lived in fully - of destroying forever every past mistake and regret.

  Vernon Howard

  Regret, Mistake, Past

  "The Power of Esoterics". Book by Vernon Howard, 1999.

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• There is natural ignorance and there is artificial ignorance. I should say at the present moment the artificial ignorance is about eighty-five per cent.

  Ezra Pound

  Ignorance, Moments, Natural

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• At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.

  Harry S. Truman

  Choices, Way, Alternatives

  The Truman Doctrine, delivered 12 March 1947 before a Joint Session of Congress

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• Nothing is more endangered in the modern world than the powerful combination of hard work toward meaningful goals joined with an exuberant embrace of the present moment.

  Old Tom Morris

  Success, Meaningful, Powerful

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• The present moment is that one point where everything comes together.

  Robert Anthony

  Together, Mindfulness, Moments

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• You should enjoy the present moment because this is all you have. Create for tomorrow, but live in and for today.

  Robert Anthony

  Today, Mindfulness, Tomorrow

  Robert Anthony (2004). “Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want”, p.60, Morgan James Publishing

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• How we pay attention to the present moment...determin es the character of our experience and...the quality of our lives.

  Sam Harris

  Character, Quality, Pay

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• He who governed the world before I was born shall take care of it likewise when I am dead. My part is to improve the present moment.

  John Wesley

  World, Care, Moments

  John Wesley (1831). “The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.”, p.644

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• Let anyone try, I will not say to arrest, but to notice or to attend to, the present moment of time. One of the most baffling experiences occurs. Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming.

  William James

  Trying, Gone, Becoming

  William James (2012). “Psychology: The Briefer Course”, p.147, Courier Corporation

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• Consciousness is observing your thoughts and actions so that you can live from true choice in the present moment rather than being run by programming from the past.

  T. Harv Eker

  Running, Past, Choices

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Oct 19, 2012

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• In order to reveal the gifts that lie beneath the surface of your heart’s greatest desires, you must look beyond your years here on earth, reconnect with the Divine, and bring forth your soul’s legacy into the present moment.

  Debbie Ford

  Lying, Heart, Order

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