J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

we know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today

No longer forward or behind I look in hope or fear, But grateful, take the good I find, The best of now and here.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

I personally believe this: We have only today; yesterday's gone and tomorrow is uncertain. That's why they call it the present. And sobriety really is a gift... for those who are willing to receive it.

Best to take the moment present as a present for the moment. . .

Drop the question of what tomorrow may bring, and count as profit every day that Fate allows you.

To-morrow — oh, 'twill never be, If we should live a thousand years! Our time is all to-day, to-day, The same, though changed; and while it flies With still small voice the moments say: "To-day, to-day, be wise, be wise.

Today is the only guarantee you get.

Today is plenty; right now is enough. Tomorrow will come in good time. Until it does, live the depth of now.

Don't think of what's past!" said she. "I am not going to think outside of now. Why should we! Who knows what tomorrow has in store?

Life is where you're at. Whatever you're doing is enough. You don't need to do everything well all the time. When you live your life like that, it's a huge relief.

I never think, 'Where am I going to be in a year's time?' That seems to be a sure way of missing the fact that you might be quite happy now.

I'm an old hippie who lives in the now. I seldom look forward, but we have to.

I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence.

Bread for today is bread enough.

Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.

What we put into every moment is all we have. You can drug yourself to death or you can smoke yourself to death or eat yourself to death, or you can do everything right and be healthy and then get hit by a car. Life is so great, such a neat thing, and yet all during it we have to face death, which can make you nuts and depressed.

Sometimes now was enough. Sometimes it was everything.

For just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else. It's here, and you'd better decide to enjoy it or you're going to be miserable wherever you go, for the rest of your life, forever.

Knowing the future is difficult, controlling the future is impossible. Knowing today is essential; controlling today is possible.

The right time is always right now.

Don't hurry anything. Don't worry about the future. Don't worry about what progress you're making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is.