John Burnham Schwartz Quotes

How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and that there will never be a time when it is not 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.

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

You've got to live in the moment. When it's over, it's over.

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.

Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.

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

My focus, my life, my world is now. You just can't plan the future.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

The right time is always right now.

I don't think in the past. I don't think in the future. You grasp the moment.

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

Whatever time we have," he said, "it will be time enough.

The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.

The past is past, the future unformed. There is only the moment, and that is where he prefers to be.

The present is passed over in the race for the future; the here is neglected in favor of the there. Enjoy the moment, even if it means merely a walk in the country.

For there is never anything but the present, and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere.

What I like about that is it kind of puts you in your place. Don't count on being remembered. Just live now, you know?

The reality is there is only each present moment: You are called to give a talk. You get out of a building and into a car. You look out of the window. You arrive at the venue. You sit in the chair; you wait; you step out onto the stage. Every movement is simple. There is only that.

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.

Finally it has penetrated my thick skull. This life-this moment-is no dress rehearsal. This is it.

Make the best of every moment. We're not evolving. We're not going anywhere.

Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

Enjoy the present day, as distrusting that which is to follow.