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

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

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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

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.

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

Life is available only in the present moment.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

The technique of self-observation is the technique of observing the reality about oneself at the experiential level.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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

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

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