Ralph Marston Quotes

At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. No record of it needs to be kept and you don't need someone to share it with or tell it to. When that happens — that letting go — you let go because you can.

The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it's so great, because for a little bit I'm out of my brain, and it's got nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to figure it out, you know what I mean? And I wonder if I can somehow find a way to maintain that mind stillness.

The whole world is beautiful, Belgarion' Eriond assured him in response to that unspoken thought. 'You just have to know how to look at it

I am breathing in and out. Realizing this, I began to notice that each moment was not without its beauty.

He didn't remember, he didn't worry, he just was.

Wherever we are we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other and the wonder of our breathing.

Don't worry about something going away; enjoy it while it's happening. And don't worry about something that's not even real.

The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked.

We have to get back to the beauty of just being alive in this present moment.

Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.

Unending joy is actually closer to us than our own skin, and there is nothing we have to do or get or be to experience it. All we have to do is stop driving it away.

Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.

With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.

If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.

You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

I've just learned to enjoy every moment for what it is and take it all in.

Have you not noticed that love is silence? It may be while holding the hand of another, or looking lovingly at a child, or taking in the beauty of an evening. Love has no past or future, and so it is with this extraordinary state of silence.

I try to take each moment at a time.

I'm ready to live in the present - not the past and not in the future - because in the present is where there's peace.

Thoughts can create such a barrier that even if you are standing before a beautiful flower, you will not be able to see it. Your eyes are covered with layers of thought. To experience the beauty of the flower you have to be in a state of meditation, not in a state of mentation. You have to be silent, utterly silent, not even a flicker of thought - and the beauty explodes, reaches to you from all directions. You are drowned in the beauty of a sunrise, of a starry night, of beautiful trees.

At the end of the day, give up your worries and give thanks for the journey.

Do not worry about whether or not the sun will rise. Be prepared to enjoy it.

Egolessness is contentment. Egoless, you don't expect anything, and just a small child smiles at you, but it is so beautiful. What else could you need? Suddenly you see a flower and the flower sends its perfume to you. What else could you need? What more could you want? The whole sky goes on filling with stars, the whole life becomes a celebration because now everything is beautiful. Without expectation everything fulfills - just to breathe is enough, just to breathe is such a bliss.