Martin Boroson > Quotes

“Unfortunately, we reach for the camera so quickly that we end up taking photos of experiences that we’ve hardly even experienced.”
― Martin Boroson, One-Moment Meditation

“time is not a prison but an opportunity. It is the loom on which you weave your life, the classroom in which you learn your lessons, the playground in which you discover and express your possibility. The point is not to be free from time but to be in time, freely.”
― Martin Boroson, One-Moment Meditation

“if the past and future are not absolute, and are not laid out in a direction, we must drop our assumption that the past causes the present or the present causes the future. We may even have to drop the notion that anything is actually caused by anything.”
― Martin Boroson, One-Moment Meditation

“although technology saves us time, it takes away mental space. Back when we had to do more tasks by hand, these tasks took longer to do, and while we did them, we had more time to think, daydream, or not-think. So as we spend less time doing simple manual jobs, our minds get less time off.”
― Martin Boroson, One-Moment Meditation

“the ultimate stress in life is our attempt to maintain an idea of ourselves from one moment to the next.”
― Martin Boroson, One-Moment Meditation

“Instead of being still while sitting still, now you learn to be still while on the move.”
― Martin Boroson, One-Moment Meditation

“Life is made of rest and activity, stasis and growth, being and doing. Pure stillness can’t be the goal;”
― Martin Boroson, One-Moment Meditation

“the word “moment” actually comes from a Latin word that means “a particle sufficient to turn the scales.” In other words, a moment can be revolutionary. It can turn your life around.”
― Martin Boroson, One-Moment Meditation

“Some people believe that being busy is a sign of success or popularity. Some people do everything possible to “keep busy,” afraid of what they might feel if they weren’t. Some people consider keeping busy a virtue in itself, as if having free time were a sin.”
― Martin Boroson, One-Moment Meditation

“one thing you can be sure of: as soon as you get where you’re going, your mind will create a new journey, a new problem to solve, a new goal.”
― Martin Boroson, One-Moment Meditation

“most people who have experienced a perfect moment say that, once experienced, it must still be practiced—otherwise it is lost or forgotten. So although practice makes perfect, perfection must also be practiced.”
― Martin Boroson, One-Moment Meditation

“You are almost done. And just beginning.”
― Martin Boroson, One-Moment Meditation

“try to experience each step as if it were your only destination.”
― Martin Boroson, One-Moment Meditation