Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.

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.

When you make the present moment, instead of past and future, the focal point of your life, your ability to enjoy what you do and with it the quality of your life increases dramatically.

If you have your full attention in the moment, you will see only love.

Only the present moment contains life.

NOW is All There is & the Future is Just Another Present Moment to Live when it Arrives

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.

The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments.

I just live my life and try to be present. When I'm present in the moment and something comes, I can capture it, because it doesn't come from me, it's out there.

We need to learn to live in the here and now; this moment is the best moment. Live it fully.

Be present - and see what a difference it makes in your lives and in the world.

The false self lives mainly through memory and anticipation. Past and future are its main preoccupation.

If you are not living this moment, you are not really living.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now.

The moment is everything. Don't think about tomorrow; don't think about yesterday: think about exactly what you're doing right now and live it and dance it and breath it and be it.

Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

Die to the past every moment. You don't need it. Only refer to it when it is absolutely relevant to the present. Feel the power of this moment and the fullness of Being. Feel your presence.

Too often we spend our time in the past or the future. We need to learn to live now - mentally as well as physically and spiritually.

If only, then, I had been more living out of the present--such a beautiful word...present. The sense of it being, now to me, more beautiful than 'to look forward.

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.

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!

My art would be that of living: each moment, each breath is a work inscribed nowhere.

Be present. I would encourage you with all my heart just to be present. Be present and open to the moment that is unfolding before you. Because, ultimately, your life is made up of moments. So don't miss them by being lost in the past or anticipating the future.

I just live my life and try to be present.