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

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

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.

It hurts to love. It's like giving yourself to be flayed and knowing that at any moment the other person may just walk off with your skin.

The smartest person in the room, is the room.

One of the things that makes God different from people is that God is always available to listen.

See, regardless of what anybody believes who hates me; you ain't gonna make or break me.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life

Dialogue's a method of revelation, of course. A few words of dialogue can reveal worlds about a character.

How, like a moth, the simple maid Still plays around the flame!

Dialogue is the fundamental unfolding of a gift of oneself to another.

'Tis pride that pulls the country down.

Monogamy is the true path to happiness.