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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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