Mindfulness Quotes

When we rest in awareness, we discover a peace that is always present, regardless of circumstances.
Mingyur Rinpoche
Mindfulness is the quality and power of mind that is aware of what's happening—without judgment and without interference.
Joseph Goldstein
Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.
Bhikkhu Bodhi
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.
Sharon Salzberg
Be happy at the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.
S N Goenka
Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.
Suzuki Roshi
Life is available only in the present moment.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The past is gone, the future is not yet here. Live in the present moment with awareness.
S N Goenka
Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.
Dalai Lama
When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.
Suzuki Roshi
The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.
Mingyur Rinpoche
Every moment of mindfulness is a step on the path to liberation. Each step is valuable, no matter how small.
Mahasi Sayadaw
The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.
Pema Chodron
Meditation is not about getting away from it all. It's about getting into it all.
Robert Thurman
Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.
Ajahn Chah
The practice of mindfulness is simply to bring awareness to what we are doing, what we are saying, and what we are thinking.
Joseph Goldstein
Through continuous mindfulness practice, the true nature of physical and mental phenomena becomes clear.
Mahasi Sayadaw
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.
Dalai Lama
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
Thich Nhat Hanh
One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.
Buddha
The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.
Dogen
Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.
Mingyur Rinpoche
Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.
Joseph Goldstein
The practice of mindfulness transforms the mind from a place of suffering into an instrument of enlightenment.
Bhikkhu Bodhi
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.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.
Mahasi Sayadaw
Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.
Mingyur Rinpoche
The Buddha's teachings are not about abandoning our lives but about bringing the fullness of our attention to our lives.
Sharon Salzberg
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.
Dalai Lama
Each moment of noting is a moment of purification, a moment of cultivating the path.
Mahasi Sayadaw
When you note pain, you should not dwell on the thought, "I feel pain." Simply recognize the presence of pain.
Mahasi Sayadaw
When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.
Hakuin
Because you are alive, everything is possible.
Thich Nhat Hanh
If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The past is for learning from, not for living in.
Ajahn Brahm
When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.
Jack Kornfield
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.
Alan Watts
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.
Ajahn Chah
Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.
Ajahn Chah
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?
D T Suzuki
The only way to experience truth is to look within, to observe oneself.
S N Goenka
Past thoughts are traceless, clear, and empty. Future thoughts are unborn and fresh. The present moment abides naturally and unconstructed.
Padmasambhava
Smile, breathe, and go slowly.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.
Mahasi Sayadaw
The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.
Ajahn Brahm
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.
Alan Watts
Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.
Mingyur Rinpoche
Meditation is not an escape from life but a way to fully engage with life.
Robert Thurman
Our basic nature is pure awareness that simply cognizes experience. Everything else is temporary and adventitious.
Matthieu Ricard
Observe the reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.
S N Goenka
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.
Mingyur Rinpoche
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha
Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.
Buddha
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.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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.
Thich Nhat Hanh
What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.
Buddha
Mindfulness means keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality.
Matthieu Ricard
Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now, without wishing it were different.
Sharon Salzberg
Our task is to learn to see clearly what is happening in each moment, rather than be lost in our reactions and judgments.
Joseph Goldstein