“There is no moment more precious than the exact moment they are living. And that exact moment has a lot to do with how future moments play out.”

— Obert Skye, book Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo

Source: Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo

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American writer 1970

Obert Skye book Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo

Source: Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo

“I wonder how you're supposed to know the exact moment when there's no more hope.”

Sara Zarr (1970) American children's writer

Source: Once Was Lost

“If you don't know the exact moment when the lights will go out, you might as well read until they do.”

Clive James (1939–2019) Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist

“For the moment the peril was nowhere and yet everywhere. The majority remained solid; but the leaders became stiff and exacting.”

Anatole France book Penguin Island

Book VII : Modern Times, Ch. IX : The Final Consequences
Penguin Island (1908)

“There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.”

Tsunetomo Yamamoto book Hagakure

Hagakure (c. 1716)
Source: Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
Context: There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.

“You create your future moment by moment.”

Chris Prentiss

The Laws of Love: Creating the Relationship of Your Dreams

“There is surely nothing other than the purpose of the present moment. A man’s whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do and nothing else to pursue. We should live by being true to the purpose of each moment.”

Rati Tsiteladze (1987) Georgian Filmmaker

As Quoted in The Gerorgian Times in 2008 http://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=12354.eng