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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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

Mindfulness is not just bare attention but wise attention that leads to understanding and insight.

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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?

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.