The past is an enormous place, with all sorts of things inside. Not so with the present. The present is merely a narrow opening, with room for only one pair of eyes. Mine.
We all know people who live too much in the past. Too much history, too much remembering, can ultimately destroy the present and the future.
None of us know exactly how it’s going to end. That’s what makes the present so important.
Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don’t plan it, don’t wait for it, just let it happen. It could be a new shirt at the men’s store, a catnap in your office chair or two cups of good hot black coffee.
The war had taught me to cherish the present because tomorrow might not ever come to pass.
Now does matter. What happened before no longer exists. What will happen next has not yet been written. We have only now. That is our greatest advantage. What we do now, here, in this moment, has the power to determine the future.
When the future becomes the past, the present will be unlocked.
The beginning’s over. The end hasn’t come yet. All I care about is now.
If you know you have a future, there’s no reason to blow up anything in the present.
When you stare into deep space, you’re seeing things as they once were. I choose to live in the present.[to Kwan]
When emotion brings us ghosts from the past, only logic can root us in the present.
The present is a veil between anticipation and horror. Lift the veil, and madness may follow.