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

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

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

The only way to experience truth is to look within, to observe oneself.

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

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

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

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.

The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.

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

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.

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

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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.

Life is available only in the present moment.

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

When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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?

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.