Some verses that grabbed my attention completely since i started to read for the first time:
``Much of our suffering is our own creation .The mind is a great magician: It creates suffering and it suffers; it creates pleasure and it enjoys; it is bitten by a snae which is its own creation and suffers the effect of the poison. If only it knew and did not create so much suffering , ninety per cent of the mental pain would not be there any more.
`` I have been watching my mind for so many years right now. So i am very much aware of my mind . I know how stupid , silly , follish , mischievous the mind can be , but because I am aware of it , it cant carry me away``.
``Dont carry all the past memories and all the future cares in your mind. Live each and every moment mindfully. The future it will take care of itself.``
``Happiness is having a quiet mind and being completely mindful , so mindful that there is no thought , no sense of I. This happiness comes when all thoughts of the past or future dont occur - No ``I , no yesterday , no tomorrow , no plan. In that timeless moment there isnt an ``I`` experiencing that bliss. There is only the happiness. Real happiness has no reason. When you are really happy ( with no sense of i) you cannot say `I am happy because ...` if you try hard to be happy you are sure to fail . Real happiness comes without being invited.``
``Choose a suitable object or two for yourself , and be mindful of them continuously. Continuity is the most important point. Thinking cannot make the mind happy. Watch your thoughts without wanting to control them . When you see clearly they will stop``.
``Mindfulness is a way of live . Wherever we are and whatever we are doing we should do it mindfully. Thinking is a big hindrance to mindfulness. We should be mindful of that . Actually , it is very important to be aware of thinking . Watch your mind without blaming or judging . See it as a thing in itself ; not your , not yours.``
``Look at your mind as mind as not as my mind``. Not a being , no me , no mine.``
`` I live peacefully because i can understand my mind deeply. Wisdom can overcome kamma.``