I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

The moment you enter into the world of words you start falling away from that which is. The more you enter into language, the farther you are away from existence.

Allowing dying to be so intensely present enriches both the preciousness of each moment and our detachment from it.

When you say, "Wait a moment," you are bound by your karma; when you say "Yes I will," you are free.

Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.

Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life. Don’t be attached to the future. Don’t worry about things you have to do. Don’t think about getting up or taking off to do anything. Don’t think about ‘departing.’

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

It's your choice, what you do with the moment. If you're stuck in a traffic jam, you can get angry and honk your horn, or listen to Mozart. But when you have a very specific expectation of how things should be, then, of course, you end up hurting yourself.

You begin to understand that warriorship is a path or a thread that runs through your entire life. It is not just a technique that you apply when you are unhappy or depressed. Warriorship is a continual journey. To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life. That is the warrior's discipline.

The interesting question is, how do you put yourself in a position so that you can allow ‘what is’ to be. The enemy turns out to be the creation of mind. Because when you are just in the moment, doing what you are doing, there is no fear. The fear is when you stand back to think about it. The fear is not in the actions. The fear is in the thought about the actions.

The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.

Sadhyojata means "creating every moment anew, knowing every moment new." We are used to a certain dimension, so this may go beyond you.

Don't waste your precious time. Don't waste your mind. Don't waste your word. Don't waste your thought. Every moment in God.

The essence of saintliness is total acceptance of the present moment, harmony with things as they happen.

The present moment is all you ever have.

Accept the present moment without judgement.

As long as we have some definite idea about or some hope in the future, we cannot really be serious with the moment that exists right now.

I was talking to a Zen master the other day and he said, "You shall be my disciple." I looked at him and said, "Who was Buddha's teacher?" He looked at me in a very odd way for a moment and then he burst into laughter and handed me a piece of clover.

Life can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life.

Every moment is perfect and sacred, and a divine power has engineered it in some imperceptible way and woven it into our intricate tapestry of life for our spiritual progress.

When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they're full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don't consider the past. And they don't worry about the future. Nor do they cling to the present. And from moment to moment they follow the Way.

Life is available only in the present moment.

You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.