Marina Abramovic Quotes

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.

Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.

Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

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

I live in the present.

You have to live in the present, I think.

I live in the present moment.

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.

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

The future is keeping you out of the present time.

I've known for years that you're supposed to be present. I know that thinking about what's happened or thinking about what I want is not going to get me anywhere, but until I quit doing it I'm not present.

If you think about the future, you lose perspective of the present.

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

One of the things I do struggle with is being in the present.

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.

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.

Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.

Living in the past or living in the future - those aren't real. The moment is now, and that's where safety and comfort and all that good stuff is.

Usually, people have a tendency to be caught in the worries concerning the future or in the regret concerning the past. There is some kind of energy that is pushing them to run, and they are not able to establish themselves in the present moment.

Sometimes it's a struggle to live in the moment.

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.

The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.

Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now.