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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening.

Life is available only in the present moment.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The Buddha's teachings are not about abandoning our lives but about bringing the fullness of our attention to our lives.

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

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

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.

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

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

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Each moment of clear seeing is a moment of freedom from the illusion of permanence, satisfaction, and self.

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