CURATED COLLECTION

Living in the Moment

The present moment is the only one you'll ever actually inhabit — these quotes make that land.

50 quotes found

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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

—Hans Christian AndersenAuthor & Poet

Industrial Age ERA • Nordic

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Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift—there is nothing small about it.

—Florence NightingaleReformer

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

—Thich Nhat HanhActivist

Late Modern ERA • Southeast Asia

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Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

—Hans Christian AndersenAuthor & Poet

Industrial Age ERA • Nordic

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To me every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

—Walt WhitmanPoet & Essayist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Sudden summer shower, a child's hand claps through the puddle.

—Yosa BusonPoet & Painter

Enlightenment ERA • East Asia

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Aloha means recognizing the sacred in every person, every place, every moment.

—Manulani Aluli MeyerScholar

Digital Age ERA • Oceania

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Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

—HoraceLyric Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Beauty is always a miracle. A fleeting moment that makes you forget your troubles.

—Bohumil HrabalWriter & King

Post-War ERA • Eastern Europe

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If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams.

—Roald DahlNovelist

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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First winter rain, the world and I are young.

—Matsuo BashoPoet

Renaissance ERA • East Asia

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An old silent pond. A frog jumps into the pond. Splash! Silence again.

—Matsuo BashoPoet

Renaissance ERA • East Asia

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Old pond, a frog leaps in, water’s sound.

—Matsuo BashoPoet

Renaissance ERA • East Asia

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The power of finding beauty in humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

—Louisa May AlcottNovelist & Poet

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.

—Gloria SteinemFeminist, Activist & Journalist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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The pleasure of a work of art is meant to be a preparation for the greater pleasure of life.

—Alain de BottonAuthor & Philosopher

Digital Age ERA • Western Europe

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The world is beautiful, and I am glad I was born.

—Jaroslav SeifertPoet & Author

Late Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

—Leonardo da VinciPolymath

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere.

—Dr. SeussAuthor & Illustrator

Post-War ERA • North America

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White clouds embrace green mountains; clear water reflects jade.

—Wang WeiPoet & Painter

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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