Elif Safak Quotes

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

I try to live in the moment, every moment.

Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.

Every moment is an eternity in itself. Bliss is the present moment and each and everyone of us needs to understand this.

I live in the present moment.

I have always wanted to live in the present and never the past.

Time is an illusion. Time only exists when we think about the past and the future. Time doesn't exist in the present here and now.

The real enemies of our life are the 'oughts' and the 'ifs.' They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real life takes place in the here and now.

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

I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

The single guiding principle that I try to follow, assuming blindly that the rest will fall into place, is to operate squarely in the present. I think it's one of the most difficult things for anyone to do.

I've always tried to live in the moment.

I live in the present.

It's so easy to get caught up in the future and in the past.

Take each day as it comes and focus on the present moment.

You have to live in the present.

The present moment is the only time that is eternal and the only time in which we can experience happiness.

Too often we spend our time in the past or the future. We need to learn to live now - mentally as well as physically and spiritually.

Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instant, and that the past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality.

The eternal life is given to those who live in the present.

Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need.

He who lives in the present lives in eternity.

There's nothing in the future and there's nothing in the past. There is only this one moment, and you've got to make it last.

Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what the morrow will bring with it.