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

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

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

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

Sensations are not your enemy. They are your teacher. Through observing them, you understand the truth of existence.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Life is available only in the present moment.

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

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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