Eddie Vedder Quotes

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

I'm not anxious to be anywhere other than where I am right now.

Certainly, when you're dealing with more deep, emotional work and sensory work, for me, it helps me to just stay in it.

When you're out there thinking too much, that's when you can throw the ball away a lot of times. Just play. When I don't think, I have fun.

We can go through our five senses in about a minute's time to become grounded in the present; and we can do this anytime we find ourselves in worry or speculation. Becoming grounded in our present makes us available to happiness.

As soon as I stopped trying to control everything that came out of my mouth and every picture that came out, that's when I became so much happier.

The power of now can only be realized now. It requires no time and effort. Effort means you're trying hard to get somewhere, and so you are not present, welcoming this moment as it is.

Joyous Sound evolved from a gospel influence. Actually it evolved out of sitting at a piano and just picking out a riff, a gospel type riff. It just seemed to come joyously-something about the song, about living in another place of joyous sounds. I'm not quite sure-that's one I'm trying to analyze. It just came out.

I try to live in the moment and let that moment carry me to the next great place.

As our lives speed up more and more, so do our children's. We forget and thus they forget that there is nothing more important than the present moment. We forget and thus they forget to relax, to find spiritual solitude, to let go of the past, to quiet ambition, to fully enjoy the eating of a strawberry, the scent of a rose, the touch of a hand on a cheek...

There is nothing I have to do, nowhere I have to go, and no way I have to be except exactly the way I am being right now.

I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.

I don't try to be anything. I just want to play my game.

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.

Tea is the only simple pleasure left to us.

So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.

Usually, when I act, I try to forget the words and let them come, and just find my way through them.

I don't try to do anything. I think the moment that I'm like, "Oh, I have to be this way or that way" is the moment that I become sad, or maybe an asshole. So I just try to be myself and put out what is most natural. But I think I am - I mean, I've seen a lot, been through a lot. But something remains sort of naïve within me. And I just try to nurture that.

Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process.

The present is passed over in the race for the future; the here is neglected in favor of the there. Enjoy the moment, even if it means merely a walk in the country.

I'm trying not to put pressure on myself to decide what to do at this moment, and just sort of go with what's happening.

Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity which is in harmony with our true nature and allows us to taste the freshness of the present moment.

If you just concentrate on what you're doing and allow yourself to actually enjoy and let your feelings come out, whatever the tempos, whatever the rhythms, whatever the songs, 9 out of 10 times it will work.

My whole thing is quality of life. . .It must always be easy and low-maintenance and stress-free, and that means not trying to fit too much in. I don’t ever want to be in a hurry. I want to enjoy the moments.

When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway.