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

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

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.

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

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

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

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

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

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

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

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.

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

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.

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

The practice of mindfulness is the practice of being alive in the present moment.

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.

Moment after moment, completely devote yourself to listening to your inner voice.

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

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 real purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

The quality of every moment depends on the state of our minds.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

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

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.

Our basic nature is pure awareness that simply cognizes experience. Everything else is temporary and adventitious.

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

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.

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

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.

Life is available only in the present moment.

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.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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