Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

Be happy at the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

In the spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter, snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you.

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

In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense.

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

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

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

Self-awareness is the key to freedom. The more we understand ourselves, the more we understand how to be free.

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

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

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

The more precisely you note, the more clearly you understand. The more clearly you understand, the stronger your insight becomes.

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.

Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?

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

Each breath is a new beginning, a fresh opportunity to awaken.

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

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

When we look directly at our thoughts, they dissolve like bubbles in water.

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

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.

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

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

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

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

Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as your capacity to ground your attention in the present moment.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here. Live in the present moment with awareness.

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

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

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

Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.

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.

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts.

There are many ways to meditate. But at the heart of them all is mindfulness.

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

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

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

Each moment of noting is a moment of purification, a moment of cultivating the path.

The practice of mindfulness transforms the mind from a place of suffering into an instrument of enlightenment.

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

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

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

The art of living... is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

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

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

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

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

The past is just a memory. The future is just a dream. Be here now.

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

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.

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

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.

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

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

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

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