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• This is the sleep: being absent, being not present to the present moment, being somewhere else.

  Rajneesh

  Sleep, Somewhere Else, Moments

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• When you are in the present moment, you break the continuity of your story, of past and future. Then true intelligence arises, and also love.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Past, Stories, Moments

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• In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Morning, Inspiration, Writing

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “WHAT IS ART? & WHEREIN IS TRUTH IN ART? (Meditations on Aesthetics & Literature): On the Significance of Science and Art, Shakespeare and the Drama, The Works of Guy De Maupassant, A. Stockham'sTokology, Amiel's Diary, S. T. Seménov's Peasant Stories, Stop and Think!...”, p.351, e-artnow

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• Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future. In other words, if we're going to be more cheerful in the future, it's because of our aspiration and exertion to be cheerful in the present. What we do accumulates; the future is the result of what we do right now.

  Pema Chodron

  Cheerful, Moments, Results

  "Tea with Pema Chordon in the Mayan Jungle". Interview with Karl Saliter, www.elephantjournal.com. May 11, 2012.

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• Each moment is a place you've never been.

  Mark Strand

  Time, Stress, Fresh Start

  Mark Strand (2014). “Collected Poems”, p.104, Knopf

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• Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

  Nhat Hanh

  Positive, Uplifting, Hope

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• If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today

  Nhat Hanh

  Uplifting, Hope, Believe

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• The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

  Nhat Hanh

  Past, Live In The Moment, Mindfulness

  Twitter post from Aug 09, 2016

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• The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)

  Nhat Hanh

  Peace, Buddhist, Meditation

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• Intelligence is the capacity to be in the present. The more you are in the past or are in the future, the less intelligent you are. Intelligence is the capacity to be here-now, to be in this moment and nowhere else. Then you are awake.

  Rajneesh

  Intelligent, Past, Moments

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• Awareness means that whatsoever is happening in the moment is happening with complete consciousness; you are present there. If you are present when anger is happening, anger cannot happen. It can happen only when you are fast asleep. When you are present, immediate, transformation starts in your being, because when you are present, aware, many things are simply not possible. All that is called sin is not possible if you are aware. So, in fact, there is only one sin and that is unawareness.

  Rajneesh

  Mean, Unawareness, Facts

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• Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Life, Positive, Spiritual

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.35, New World Library

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• We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today. I don't think it was, and I would advise you not to wait ten years before admitting today was great. If you're hung up on nostalgia, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time.

  Art Buchwald

  Past, Thinking, Years

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• Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Life, Live In The Moment, Mindfulness

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.35, New World Library

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  Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

  Dale Carnegie

  Life, Motivational, Time

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• I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

  Abraham Maslow

  Life, Motivational, Leadership

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• The decision to make the present moment into your friend is the end of ego.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Friends, Decision, Ego

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.127, Penguin

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• We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Wise, Insperational

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• Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe; a moment that never was before and never will be again.

  Pablo Casals

  Learning, Unique, Moments

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• Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Time, Truth, Integrity

  Zwischen Wasser und Urwald (On the Edge of the Primeval Forest, 1922) ch. 11

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• Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Happiness, Happy, Laughter

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• Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.

  Deepak Chopra

  Positivity, Giving, Want

  "Get Inspired: Q&A with Deepak Chopra". Interview with Crystal Tate, www.womansday.com. December 11, 2009.

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• Life is what happens to you while you're planning on doing something else.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.166, Penguin

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• Present-moment living, getting in touch with your now, is at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there really is no other moment you can live. Now is all there is, and the future is just another present moment to live when it arrives.

  Wayne Dyer

  Time, Heart, Thinking

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Your Erroneous Zones: Step-by-Step Advice for Escaping the Trap of Negative Thinking and Taking Control of Your Life”, p.30, Harper Collins

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