And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha

When you don't understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.

Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything.

All know the way, but few actually walk it.

If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.

To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.

The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.

The true Way is sublime. It can't be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can't read a word.

The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.

One day I’ll paint the perfect sunset-- if I can only find the words.

Like everyone in his right mind, I feared Santa Claus.

I picked up the Joss Stone album, Josh Groban, and the new Norah Jones. I love, love, love Norah.

Do not be shy to call customers who owe you money. It works.

There is nothing without reason.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

We promised new benefits to seniors like preventive screening and diabetes testing. We kept that promise.

I'm not a guy that loves a lot of rehearsal, but it depends. It depends what it would be.

Remember that when you say "I will have non of this exile and this stranger for his face is not like my face and his speech is strange," you have denied America with that word.

A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd.