Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

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.

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

Meditation is not about getting away from it all. It's about getting into it all.

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 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.

Try to be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.

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

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

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.

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

The idea of Zen is to catch life as it flows. There is nothing extraordinary or mysterious about Zen. I raise my hand; I take a book from the other side of the desk; I hear the boys playing ball outside my window; I see the clouds blown away beyond the neighboring wood: all these I do in Zen.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

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.

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

When we rest in awareness, we discover a peace that is always present, regardless of circumstances.

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

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

This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

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.

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.

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

The signs of practice are not in extraordinary experiences but in extraordinary awareness of ordinary experiences.

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

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

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

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

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

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

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

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

Just observe whatever arises. Don't try to create anything, and don't reject anything.

The practice of mindfulness is simply to bring awareness to what we are doing, what we are saying, and what we are thinking.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

We can learn to be present with whatever is happening in our lives, and in this way, we can begin to transform our relationship to difficulty.

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.

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

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

Mindfulness is the quality and power of mind that is aware of what's happening—without judgment and without interference.

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

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

Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now, without wishing it were different.

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

When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.

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

The awareness that you are here, right now, is the ultimate fact.

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?

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

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

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

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.

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.

When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.