Cassandra Wilson Quotes

The joy is in the journey, not the destination. We have a better chance of seeing where we are when we stop trying to get somewhere else.

No matter where you are on your journey, that's exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead.

Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world.

I don't think about the past, I only think about the present because what I do today sets me up for the future.

Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time; better yet, make the most of this moment. It’s good to have a big – picture outlook, to set goals, to establish budgets and make plans, but if you’re always living in the future, you’re never really enjoying the present in the way God wants you to.

The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That's all there ever is.

Find the journey's end in every step.

Life flies by, and it's easy to get lost in the blur. In adolescence, it's 'How do I fit in?' In your 20s, it's 'What do I want to do?' In your 30s, 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' I think the trick is living the questions. Not worrying so much about what's ahead but rather sitting in the grey area - being OK with where you are.

I travel so much and am always living out of a suitcase, so my favorite saying is 'Wherever you go, there you are'. I love it because it's reassuring to me that you have to live in the moment wherever you happen to be.

My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past.

There's no destination. The journey is all that there is, and it can be very, very joyful.

A lot of times, if you stay in the present and focus on getting the most out of yourself today, then things work out the way they're supposed to.

I've always said I live in the present, and I build for the future.

I don't think about why I do what I do, or why I started doing what I do, because I'm so obsessed with doing it right now, and what it means to me right now.

When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.

Your outer journey may contain a million steps; your inner journey only has one: the step you are taking right now.

As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love - even the most simple action.

The present moment is a powerful goddess.

I'm not trying to find answers anymore. I'm trying to live what I know.

Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our way of looking at things, we will know ohw to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.

Early in the journey you wonder how long the journey will take and whether you will make it in this lifetime. Later you will see that where you are going is HERE and you will arrive NOW...so you stop asking.

Just be open, life is about a constant journey and I'm very spiritual, but I'm also in touch with what's going on around me and who I am, and you have to know yourself. So for me, that's what keeps me going is just being interactive.

No matter how long your journey appears to be, there is never more than this: one step, one breath, one moment... Now.

Enlightenment does not ask you to be perfect; it simply asks you to find perfection right where you stand.

Step into this moment, because it is the only one you have right now. It is not wasted or thrown away. The divine opportunity could be stolen unless you tell yourself it is here right now; available to you this moment, to make of it anything you choose. Why not choose this moment, right now, to be available to yourself by declaring, I AM GOOD! . . . . The richness of the present is here. The fullness of now is present. If you are not here now, it means you could be missing the love, joy, peace and brand-new ideas that are here right now.