Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

For me, it's important to concentrate to the present and leave the past.

Nothing is a bigger waste of time than regretting the past and worrying about the future.

We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present.

To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present.

I am only at home in the present.

My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past.

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

I guess I'm living in the present more than the past.

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.

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

With thoughts of the past and concerns about the future, we rob ourselves of a full experience of the present.

Put out of your mind what is past and do not fret and worry about what has not yet come to pass.

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

I do not believe in living in either the future or the past.

I try to live in the moment and not overthink things because then you start putting yourself in situations that you don't want to be in pressure-wise.

Yoga is not about the history of yoga. Yoga is not about being in a sacred community of the initiated few. Yoga is about uniting inward, which takes place in the present, not the past, in each and every moment.

I live in the present.

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.

You have to live in the present, I think.

Don't observe yourself too closely. Don't be too quick to draw conclusions from what happens to you; simply let it happen.

Most of us live in the past, carrying our hurts, guilts and fears. We have to face the pain we carry, lest we spend the rest of our lives running away from it or letting it run us. But the only place you'll ever meet the real is now-here.

I like to live in the present. I struggle with that, though, because - even for all of this "letting your life flow" stuff - I also have anxieties.

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.

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

If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.