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

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.

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 you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.

Most of the time it may seem like I'm staring into nothingness, but there's a whole world playing out in my head.

Oh,It's going to be so easy to kill you",scoffed Opal.

You know, for years I used to read about myself. They'd say, 'He has a temper' or 'He's a bully' or something like that, and it always bothered me.

It takes a trained and discerning researcher to keep the goal in sight, and to detect evidence of the creeping progress toward it.

People have souls, and we all accept that cities have souls, too. It's why the locations are so important.

In wine there is health (In vino sanitas)

I maybe missed money in my childhood, but I didn't miss love, that's for sure. My dad wasn't there, but I can tell you not even once did I think I was missing something.

My mother was Irish and she was superstitious, if you'll forgive the tautology.

Words belong to each other.

Relief has its place. But what the people need is not relief, but release - release of their own potential for development.