Soyen Shaku Quotes

Receive a guest with the same attitude you have when alone. When alone, maintain the same attitude you have in receiving guests.

Upon retiring, sleep as if you had entered your last sleep. Upon awakening, leave your bed behind you instantly as if you had cast away a pair of old shoes.

Have the fearless attitude of a hero and the loving heart of a child.

My heart burns like fire but my eyes are as cold as dead ashes.

Do not regret the past. Look to the future.