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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Life is available only in the present moment.

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.

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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

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

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.