The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

Every moment of mindfulness is a step on the path to liberation. Each step is valuable, no matter how small.

Past thoughts are traceless, clear, and empty. Future thoughts are unborn and fresh. The present moment abides naturally and unconstructed.

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.

The difference between being caught in thoughts and being mindful of thoughts is like the difference between being in a movie and watching a movie.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

When mindfulness and concentration are strong, insight into the three characteristics naturally unfolds.

Every sensation shares the same characteristic - arising, passing. Arising, passing. Learn to observe objectively.

The past is for learning from, not for living in.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.

When you see forms or hear sounds fully engaging body-and-mind, you intuit dharma intimately.

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

Mindfulness means keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality.

The whole path of mindfulness is about letting go. We let go of our attachment to our views, our attachment to our opinions, our attachment to our ideas.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.

Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

Each moment of clear seeing is a moment of freedom from the illusion of permanence, satisfaction, and self.

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Meditation is not an escape from life but a way to fully engage with life.

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.

Through continuous mindfulness practice, the true nature of physical and mental phenomena becomes clear.

Mindfulness is not just bare attention but wise attention that leads to understanding and insight.

The practice is not about achieving special states but about seeing ordinary experience with extraordinary clarity.

Our task is to learn to see clearly what is happening in each moment, rather than be lost in our reactions and judgments.

When mindfulness is weak, defilements are strong; when mindfulness is strong, defilements are weak.

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.

Every moment is a fresh beginning. Every breath is a new chance.

Meditation is not about trying to change ourselves. Meditation is about being aware of what is.

Awareness is the basis, or what you might call the "support," of the mind. It is steady and unchanging, like the pole to which the flag of ordinary consciousness is attached.

Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.

The practice of mindfulness begins in the small, remote cave of your unconscious mind and blossoms with the sunlight of your conscious life.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

When you note pain, you should not dwell on the thought, "I feel pain." Simply recognize the presence of pain.

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

The four foundations of mindfulness are not separate practices but different aspects of the same practice of clear awareness.

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

Observe the reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

Mindfulness is being aware of what's going on, not trying to control what's going on.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

Don't expect or desire anything. Just keep noting whatever arises in the present moment.

Life is nothing but a continuous chain of sensations. Pleasant or unpleasant, observe them objectively.

What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.

The Buddha's teachings are not about abandoning our lives but about bringing the fullness of our attention to our lives.

The practice of mindfulness is simple: whatever you experience, you observe and note it.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

When you note pain, you are not trying to make it go away. You are trying to understand its true nature.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.

Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening.

The technique of self-observation is the technique of observing the reality about oneself at the experiential level.