No Time Like the Present: Finding Freedom, Love, and Joy Right Where You Are
Jack Kornfield
Top 10 Best Quotes
“You can pick all the flowers but you can’t stop the spring. —PABLO NERUDA”
“You can’t change it all, but your freedom empowers you to contribute to the world, and your love gives you the way to do so.”
“The Joy of Being Alive Now and then it’s good to pause in your pursuit of happiness, and just be happy. —GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE”
“Notice when you are open, how others relax their own defensiveness. Let yourself be curious, loving, and concerned. Learn to see in new ways. It’s never too late to open your heart and mind.”
“No matter what the world around you wants, there is only one person you can be true to, and that is yourself.”
“Eternity is here, always alive in the present moment. Mindfulness invites us to return to now, the present moment, instead of being buried in thoughts of a past that no longer exists or fantasizing about a future that is yet to come. In the present moment, we learn to see clearly and kindly. With the power of mindfulness, we can become fully present to the unbearable beauty and the inevitable tragedy that comprise our human life. We can honorably embrace and tend the life we’ve been given. Touching”
“Being an artist means ripening like a tree which . . . stands confidently in the storm of winter not afraid that summer may not come. It always comes.”
“Tao Te Ching explains, “When you are true to yourself, you are true to the Tao.”
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do children as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
“No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time.” No one has lived your life before. It is an adventure worth taking.”
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