Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.

But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.

That you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is awakening

Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.

To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.

If our focus is on how we are supposed to feel then we deny ourselves the joy of freedom in how we truly feel.

The biggest mistake that you will make in life is believing that governments act in the public interest.

You more than anyone else deserve to be loved and happy. Do not remain in any relationship that robs you of those two things.

What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It’s close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically.

Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will, or rather our own will is our separation from God.

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

That was the first time I saw a horse start from a kneeling position!

People who say it was her father who prepared her for the post of prime minister, it was her father who launched her, are wrong.

There can be no true friends without true enemies

Misogyny is ingrained in people from the time they are born. So to me, feminism is probably the most important movement that you could embrace, because it's just basically another word for equality.