Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.

The moment is all there is now. All there is is now. That's what God is, too. God is only now.

All is love...All is love. With love comes understanding. With understanding comes patience. And then time stops. And everything is now.

My bits of time play with eternity.

I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.

this present moment never comes to be and it never ceases to be, it is simply our minds that construct the continuity of thoughts we call time. In the present moment is nirvana.

Do you know at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know that you can use that eternity if you so desire?

They are perfect; how else?-they shall never change: We are faulty; why not?-we have time in store.

We cross infinity with every step; we meet eternity in every second.

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment and will never be more divine in the lapse of the ages. Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it, but when I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away but eternity remains.

Extract the eternal from the ephemeral.

We are only an instant, that's true. But we are eternal.

All eternity is in the moment.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

God isn't present in the past or future. The great 'I Am' is in the present moment. When I claim that presence, I can get through anything today.

No man can pass into eternity, for he is already in it.

Death is a false fear. When it is here, you won't be. When it's not, you are here.

Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity.

The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.

What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?

God exists in eternity. The only point where eternity meets time is in the present. The present is the only time there is.

The time of wisdom cannot be measured, and for me, wisdom is the garden. There is no time in the garden.

The future never comes. Life is always now.

The present moment dies every moment to become the past , is reborn every moment into the future. All experience is now. Now never ends.