Pema Chodron Quotes

There is only one time that is important -- NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time hat we have any power.

The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.

Well, the past is gone, I know that. The future isn't here yet, whatever it's going to be. So, all there is, is this. The present. That's it.

Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow. Do you know what you’re doing when you spend a moment wondering how things are going to turn out with Perry? You’re cheating yourself out of today. Today is calling to you, trying to get your attention, but you’re stuck on tomorrow, and today trickles away like water down a drain. You wake up the next morning and that today you wasted is gone forever. It’s now yesterday. Some of those moments may have had wonderful things in store for you , but now you’ll never know.

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

The only time you'll ever have is now.

The right time is always right now.

In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too; to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and future, which is precisely the present moment; to toe that line.

The quality of your moments produces the quality of your life. So, as thoughts come and go and the waves of mind rush on, Carpe punctum-Seize this moment. It deserves your full attention, for it will not pass your way again.

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

The most important time is Now

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.

While your past can inform you and your future can inspire you, the moment of choice exists in the here and now.

life is the moment we're living right now.

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

Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present. But that man who devotes every hour to his own needs, who plans every day as if it were his last, neither longs for nor fears tomorrow.

I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.

Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.

Joy and life exist nowhere but the present.

Live in the present. The past is gone; the future is unknown - but the present is real, and your opportunities are now.

You can’t do anything about yesterday, and the only way to improve tomorrow is by what you do right now.

The only time you ever have in which to learn anything or see anything or feel anything, or express any feeling or emotion, or respond to an event, or grow, or heal, is this moment, because this is the only moment any of us ever gets. You're only here now; you're only alive in this moment.

The present gives you the opportunity to dive deep into the water of life, or to fly high into the sky of life. But on both the sides there are dangers - 'past' and ´future´ are the most dangerous words in human language.

Every moment is enormous and it is all we have.

Remember, there is no perfect time for anything. There is only now.