“Since we cling to our hope in the future, we do not focus our energies and capabilities on the present moment”
More from Thich Nhat Hanh on Mindfulness
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)”
“If a lotus is to grow, it needs to be rooted in the mind.”
“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.”
“Your true home is in the here and the now.”
“The most basic precept of all is to be aware of what we do, what we are, each minute . Every other precept will follow from that.”
“Don't chase after your thoughts as a shadow follows its object. Don't run after your thoughts. Find joy and peace in this very moment .”
“While practicing mindfulness, don't be dominated by the distinction between good and evil, thus creating a battle within oneself.”
“Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life.”
“Equanimity means to let go, not to abandon.”
“Meditation is to be aware of what is going on: in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the world.”
Others on Mindfulness
Eckhart Tolle
8 quotes“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.”
Robert M. Pirsig
5 quotes“The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.”
Osho
5 quotes“Be — don't try to become”
Zhuangzi
4 quotes“Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the...”
Alan Watts
3 quotes“For there is never anything but the present, and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere.”
Woody Allen
3 quotes“Showing up is eighty percent of life.”
Elizabeth Gilbert
3 quotes“The Buddha taught that most problems - if only you give them enough time and space - will eventually wear themselves out...”
Lao Tzu
3 quotes“Stop thinking, and end your problems.”
Louis L'Amour
3 quotes“Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone.”
Epicurus
3 quotes“The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.”
Rumi
3 quotes“Don't make the body do what the spirit does best, and don't put a big load on the spirit that the body could easily carr...”
Wayne W. Dyer
3 quotes“Now is all we have. Everything that has ever happened to you and anything that is ever going to happen to you is just...”