Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

With a practice, we can always remain alive in the present moment. With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.

One of the things I love about yoga is that it brings you into the present moment. You aren't worried about what will happen tomorrow and you aren't thinking about what happened yesterday. It's about opening your heart and living from your heart.

To meditate is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, our feelings our minds, and in the world. When we settle into the present moment, we can see the beauties and wonders before our eyes.

Only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present.

Listen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what's going on next week, next month.

I try to just stay in the present moment as much as possible.

Go deep into meditation. and be meditation I mean silence, awareness, witnessing. You can meditate any time of the day, you can meditate working, walking, doing things. Meditation is not something separate from life; it should not be separate, otherwise it remains a little artificial. Meditation should be spread all over life. You should walk in meditation, you should sit in meditation; that means silently, fully aware. Slowly slowly it becomes your very flavour, then the bridge is created.

Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.

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

The experience taught me to be present in the real Buddhist sense of paying attention to the moment.

Our thoughts are always pulling us into the future or the past, away from the present. But it is in the present moment that we find Spirit, our essential being and the force that animates all life.

Accept the present moment without judgement.

Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.

Just pausing for two to three breaths is a perfect way to stay present. This is a good use of our life. Indeed, it is an excellent, joyful use of our life. Instead of getting better and better at avoiding, we can learn to accept the present moment as if we had invited it, and work with it instead of against it, making it our ally rather than our enemy.

You don't have to set aside a time for meditation. You can do it while you're driving your car,while you're at work, while you're playing music. Just be aware of yourself, of who you really are,and realize the rest is a projection of your mind.

Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.

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.

Our way is to practice one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea.

I am only at home in the present.

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

With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.

I'm in the moment. I'm always in the moment of life.

What I've learnt is to be in the now. It's something my mum has always said to me, and when I read a book called 'The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle, I realised just how important it is.

I am learning the importance of living in the moment.

At the Cruiserweight Classic finale, I said... I don't know if people had looked it up, or if they had heard it before, but it was an old Zen proverb. 'Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, you chop wood, carry water.' It can be interpreted a lot of ways, but for the most part it's about staying in the moment.