mindfulness Quotes

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

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

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

If you study the writings of the mystics, you will always find things in them that appear to be paradoxes, as in Zen, particularly.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Unless one is able to live fully in the present, the future is a hoax.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.