The Power Of Now Quotes

“The philosopher Descartes believed he had found the most fundamental truth when he made his famous statement:" I think, therefore I am. "He had, in fact, given expression to the most basic error: to equate thinking with Being and identity with thinking. The compulsive thinker, which means almost everyone, lives in a state of apparent separateness, in an insanely complex world of continuous problems and conflict, a world that reflects the ever-increasing fragmentation of the mind.”
― Eckhart Tolle

“Pain can only feed on pain. Pain cannot feed on joy. It finds it quite indigestible.”
― Eckhart Tolle

“Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly.”
― Gina Greenlee, Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road

“If there isn't an emanation of love and joy, complete presence and openness toward all beings, then it is not enlightenment.”
― Eckhart Tolle

“For love to flourish, the light of your presence needs to be strong enough so that you no longer get taken over by the thinker or the pain-body and mistake them for who you are. To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment.”
― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

“To some of us, these are the good old days in the making.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Mindfulness is the extremely difficult art of leaving the past and the future alone.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You cannot love your partner one moment and attack him or her the next. True love has no opposite. If your" love "has an opposite, then it is not love but a strong ego-need for a more complete and deeper sense of self, a need that the other person temporarily meets. It is the ego's substitute for salvation, and for a short time it almost does feel like salvation.

But there comes a point when your partner behaves in ways that fail to meet your needs, or rather those of your ego. The feelings of fear, pain, and lack that are an intrinsic part of egoic consciousness but had been covered up by the "love relationship" now resurface.”
― Ekhart Tolle

“The correct attitude is one where you have no more time to waste. This means that everything is oriented toward the now. The correct attitude is that there is no such thing as an awakening that happens tomorrow. Tomorrows never come. The time is now. You must be sincere. Sincerity and earnestness are the most beneficial attitudes to have. (p. 109)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself. Do not worry about the future. (p. 154)”
― Ramana Maharshi, Talks With Ramana Maharshi: On Realizing Abiding Peace and Happiness

“Our mind cannot be freed into the present moment while we are caged by the illusion of multitasking.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We live life passively whenever we are not practicing mindfulness.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“One must be present, fully and deeply, in the garden of the now. In this state of presence, the ego’s chatter can be heard, acknowledged, and understood for what it is – not the entirety of our being, but a part of our human experience. It is in this mindful acknowledgment that the ego is gently guided to take its rightful place as a servant to the essence, no longer the master of our destinies.”
― Kevin L. Michel, The 7 Laws of Quantum Power

“Even the busiest bee does not move from one flower to another as often as an untamed mind moves from one thought to another.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Half of mindfulness is not thinking about what has, might have, could have, or should have happened, or what will, could, or should happen. The other half is not judging what is happening.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“It is impossible to give your best effort without mindfulness.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Mindfulness makes a year feel like a decade, whereas mindlessness does the opposite.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Only the parts of the future that we are guaranteed to reach are worth worrying over.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I kind of feel like making love to you,' she says. 'I mean i want to make up for all of that lost time.' She runs her fingers down my chest all sexy and shit.
I chuckle. 'There's no such thing as lost time, Jess. The only thing that is real is the present. Now is all we have—and even now is almost over.”
― Moses Yuriyvich Mikheyev, The Hack

“Uanset hvor jeg er i livet, er jeg tilfreds med livet der, hvor jeg står. Livet i nuet. Der lever jeg 100 procent. På godt og på ondt.”
― Sara Omar

“Not being in the present moment is so adultish.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Photography created, and then social media aggravated, the vast majority of people’s inability to enjoy what is happening… without the urge to capture it.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“A memory is an echoing of what was once happening.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The greatest contribution that can ever be made to the human race has already been made through the invention of meditation.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We invite mindfulness when the doing is, or is at least treated as, the desired result.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You must distance yourself from the past if you want to realize your specific ideal.”
― Josh King Madrid, JetSet Life Hacks: 33 Life Hacks Millionaires, Athletes, Celebrities, & Geniuses Have In Common

“In The Power of Now, author Eckhart Tolle writes," As soon as you honour the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out of the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care and love - even the most simple action.”
― Jake Eagle LPC, The Power of Awe: Overcome Burnout & Anxiety, Ease Chronic Pain, Find Clarity & Purpose―In Less Than 1 Minute Per Day

“Just as the sun is forever pursued by shadows, so too is our purpose chased by an unending flurry of distractions. They are the specters of our existence, conjured by the ceaseless clatter of the world, whispering tales of urgency and importance that often bear no relevance to our true path.”
― Kevin L. Michel, The Power of the Present: A Stoic's Guide to Unyielding Focus

“Perseverance, the unwavering resolve that fuels our journey. It is the echo of our footsteps on the path of purpose, never ceasing, always pressing forward.”
― Kevin L. Michel, The Power of the Present: A Stoic's Guide to Unyielding Focus

“Regret implies that one wasn't consciously present during a key moment in their life.”
― Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana, Ph.D, MBA