Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

I always live in the present. I don’t know the future and no longer have the past. The former oppresses me as the possibility of everything, the latter as the reality of nothing.

I always live in the present. The future I can't know. The past I no longer have.

I'm trying to be present, not thinking and worrying about the past or the future. That's such a waste of time, you know?

You have to live in the present; not on memories.

I really don't look at my past and I really don't look too much to the future because I find that's sort of redundant. I really live right in the present. I live right in the now.

Die to the past every moment. You don't need it. Only refer to it when it is absolutely relevant to the present. Feel the power of this moment and the fullness of Being. Feel your presence.

Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.

That is the simple secret of happiness. Whatever you are doing, don’t let past move your mind; don’t let future disturb you. Because the past is no more, and the future is not yet. To live in the memories, to live in the imagination, is to live in the non-existential. And when you are living in the non-existential, you are missing that which is existential. Naturally you will be miserable, because you will miss your whole life.

The present is burdened too much with the past. We have not time, in our earthly existence, to appreciate what is warm with life, and immediately around us.

Because we cling to the past we become unavailable to the present.

When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do not need it anymore. Presence is the key. Now is the key.

Letting go of the past means that you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now.

The past is gone. I know it sounds cliché, but you're here. Like be in it. And boxing was a really good analogy for me to try and carry that in my everyday life all the time.

I'm not sitting somewhere dwelling on the past. I'm not fretting or obsessing about something in the future.

Each minute we spend worrying about the future and regretting the past is a minute we miss in our appointment with life - a missed opportunity to engage life and to see that each moment gives us the chance to change for the better, to experience peace and joy.

And though some days it is very hard, I try not to live for the future. And I try not to dream of the past.

To quote the Tsalagi, you should never allow your yesterday to use up too much of today. The past is gone and tomorrow is at best a maybe. Live for this moment because it may be all you'll ever have.

It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future.

I don't like to look into the future. I just want to stay in the present moment.

Past and future have no power over you. Just the present - and even that can be minimized.

You can't really live in the past because the present is always present.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

Too often we spend our time in the past or the future. We need to learn to live now - mentally as well as physically and spiritually.

Live in the present. The past is gone; the future is unknown -- but the present is real, and your opportunities are now. You must see these opportunities; they must be real for you. The catch is that they can't seem real if your mind is buried in past failures, if you keep reliving old mistakes, old guilts, old tragedies. Fight your way above the many inevitable Traumatizations of your ego, escape damnation by the past, and look to the opportunities of the present. I don't mean some vague moment in the present -- next week or next month, perhaps. I mean today, this minute.

While you have a future do not live too much in contemplation of your past: unless you are content to walk backward the mirror is a poor guide.