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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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

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.

The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

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 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 practice of mindfulness is the practice of being alive in the present moment.

Be happy at the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

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

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.

Life is available only in the present moment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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