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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.

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.

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

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.

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

When you note pain, you should not dwell on the thought, "I feel pain." Simply recognize the presence of pain.

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

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.

Life is available only in the present moment.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

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.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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