Fernando Pessoa
Poet, Writer
"I always live in the present. The future I can't know. The past I no longer have."
Live In The Present quotes
Live In The Present
45 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosopher
"He who lives in the present lives in eternity."
Eckhart Tolle
Spiritual Teacher, Author
"The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears."
Dalai Lama
Spiritual Leader
"You are so anxious about the future that you do not enjoy the present. You therefore do not live in the present or the future. You live as if you are never going to die, and then die having never really lived."
Nhat Hanh
Zen Master, Author
"To live in the present moment is a miracle."
Explore further
Topics related to Live In The Present
Browse quotes that often appear alongside live in the present — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Live In The Present quotes (page 1 of 3)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"If one understands eternity as timelessness, and not as an unending timespan, then whoever lives in the present lives for all time."
Read quote
14 likes
"The absurd hero's refusal to hope becomes his singular ability to live in the present with passion."
Read quote
13 likes
"The eternal life is given to those who live in the present."
Read quote
12 likes
"To live in the present, we must deeply believe that what is most important is in the here and now."
Read quote
7 likes
"The hard part about living in the present is it forces you to abandon hope for the future. Thanks for nothing, now."
Read quote
6 likes
"Suffering needs time. It cannot survive in the now."
Read quote
5 likes
"It is youth’s felicity as well as its insufficiency that it can never live in the present, but must always be measuring up the day against its own radiantly imagined future"
Read quote
3 likes
"I also live in the present, due to the constraints of the space-time continuum."
Read quote
3 likes