“The harder truth—the one that makes the gurus squirm—is that the present moment is unalterable. It may shift in five seconds or five minutes, but right now is exactly what it is. If you have a thought, it’s too late to unthink it. If you’re sad, you’re sad. If you feel old, or scared, or broken, then that’s what’s happening. You didn’t choose it. You didn’t invent it. But there it is.”

— Robert Saltzman