The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that.
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Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
Accept – then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.
All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.
It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.
Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.
The day you stop caring what other people think of you, is the day your life begins.
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Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
Every moment is made glorious by the light of love.
When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.
History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s damn is the history we made today.
Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
Time makes more converts than reason.
Now is the accepted time.
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
If people tell you that you should live your life preparing for the future, do not believe them. Real Life is found only in the present.
