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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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?

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.

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

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

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

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

The practice of mindfulness begins in the small, remote cave of your unconscious mind and blossoms with the sunlight of your conscious life.