Professional Writer Quotes

“The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.”

“Stress means there is something wrong, and you are not aligned with life.”

“Quality requires your Presence.”

“Doing is never enough if you neglect Being.”

“The light is too painful for someone who wants to remain in darkness.”

“The present moment is all you ever have.”

“Sometimes people need to experience great loss to really be driven deeper.”

“Loss is very painful, because any kind of loss leaves a hole in the fabric of one's existence.”

“All you need to know and observe in yourself is this: Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, that's the ego in you.”

“When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do not need it anymore. Presence is the key. Now is the key.”

“The future is only a thought form. Work with the present moment. Be with what is.”

“If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace.”

“Even within the seemingly most unacceptable and painful situation is concealed a deeper good, and within every disaster is contained the seed of grace.”

“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.”

“When you drop your expectations that a person, a situation, a place, or an object should fulfill you, it's easier to be present in this moment because you're no longer looking to the next one. Most people want to get what they want, whereas the secret is to want what you get at this moment.”

“The more you are focused on time-past and future-the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.”

“When your attention moves into the Now, there is an alertness. It is as if you were waking up from a dream, the dream of thought, the dream of past and future. Such clarity, such simplicity. No room for problem-making. Just this moment as it is.”

“To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present. Even if there is noise, there is always some silence underneath and in between the sounds. Listening to the silence immediately creates stillness inside you.”

“Waiting is a state of mind that says we want what we don't have. Therefore, with every kind of waiting we produce an inner conflict between now and the projected future. This greatly reduces the quality of our life. Are you a 'habitual waiter'?”

“Get the inside right, and the outside will take care of itself.”

“A work of art comes out of a state of deep stillness.”

“Some people say, the world can be so alive! It always is, you just do not know it because of the screen of your thinking. You notice it as you become more awake.”

“The future does not exist, because nobody has ever experienced it. You can only ever experience a present moment.”

“Practice presence -- embrace the place where life happens.”

“When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life. It means fear is no longer a dominant factor in what you do and no longer prevents you from taking action to initiate change. The Roman philosopher Tacitus rightly observed that 'the desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.' If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns into aliveness, alertness and creativity.”