In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.

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.

To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.

But I can't rewrite history. I can only live with what's left.

Pain is always a fanged serpent, but to the fearful it has a hundred heads.

What are called viruses are always dead and incapable of any acts whatsoever. Dead matter may be acted upon but never acts of itself.

The greatest need in the world at this moment is the transformation of human nature.

Trust your instincts, and take control.

Ancient Hawaiians say: When you're itching for the waves, the only lotion is the ocean.

A civilization is always judged in its decline.

My grandmother, she say I shouldn't be playing. I should go to church. Fially, I say I'm going do this, I'm going do it. And she got where she didn't bother me about it.

I now accept that it is looking increasingly likely that Tiger Woods is, in fact, straight.