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

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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

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

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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

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.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.

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

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

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

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Meditation is not an escape from life but a way to fully engage with life.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

In the spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter, snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you.