Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

Live in the present moment. The past and future are nonexistent. Only the present can be grasped or, better, embraced.

I've found a way to live in the here and now.

If we know that we are now at the point where we have always wanted to be, we will be there. . . because we are never there but always here, now!

Only the present moment contains life.

Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.

Work to recognize the primary importance of the present moment.

In sitting on the meditation cushion and assuming the meditation posture, we connect ourselves with the present moment in this body and on this earth.

I live in the present moment.

I am not in yesterday; I am not in tomorrow. I am right now.

Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.

It's very easy to lose track of the environment around you, to lose touch with the present.

With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.

I have an intention to live each moment fully.

I try to just stay in the present moment as much as possible.

As a player, it's important to focus on the here and now.

I am a person who likes to be in the present.

Everyone wants to look to the future and into the past. I stay focused on now.

I'm a stay-in-the-present momentist.

The best way to prepare for any moment in the future is to be fully conscious in the present.

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

Awareness requires living in the here and now, and not in the elsewhere, the past or the future.

Now is all you ever have. There never is anything else. So, you might as well make the now your friend. Otherwise, you are out of alignment with life itself.

To live in the present, we must deeply believe that what is most important is in the here and now.