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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Life is available only in the present moment.

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

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.

Don't expect or desire anything. Just keep noting whatever arises in the present moment.

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.

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

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

When you note effectively, there is no time for defilements to arise. The mind becomes pure through noting.

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

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

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

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

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

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