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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

When you see forms or hear sounds fully engaging body-and-mind, you intuit dharma intimately.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

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

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

Awareness is the basis, or what you might call the "support," of the mind. It is steady and unchanging, like the pole to which the flag of ordinary consciousness is attached.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Life is available only in the present moment.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.