The present is what is happening when you strip away all the resentments of your past and all the worries you have about your future.

You can never be happy if you're trapped in the past and fearful of the future. Living in the present is the only way to be happy.

A peaceful mind appreciates the present moment as the living embodiment of naked perfection, rather than a means to future attainment.

Nu mai trăim un prezent placid, ci suntem prinși cu toții în efortul de a ne pregăti permanent pentru viitor.

If you are expressing gratitude then you are in the present moment. If you are in the present moment then you are expressing gratitude.

Every moment is brand new, but we often fill the new with fear of the future or pain of the past instead of simply enjoying the present.

Learn from past experiences but accept them all as perfect while staying in the present. Let go of everything that doesn't serve you.

Mirad had asked for peace for his birthday.Imagine, a boy of thirteen who asks for peace as a birthday present.When I heard that I cried.

You may not appreciate the presence of good health, but you will definitely regret the absence of good health, because health is happiness.

When one was full of energy and enthusiasm the world was an apple, the future was way beyond the horizon and only the present was pertinent.

No one can predict the future exactly, but we know two things: It’s going to be different, and it must be rooted in today’s world.

Of an artistic temperament, I deny that I am; yet I must possess something of the artist's faculty of making the most of present pleasure.

All we have is now, this moment. If you live in the future, you’ll miss things, right here, right now, and you’ll regret it later.

I'm very aware we are the first generation ever to have such incredible opportunities to express ourselves publicly to a worldwide audience.

Here, I stole it for you. Why don’t you tell me what it’s for.”“Aw, Sophronia, how thoughtful. You brought me a present!