Jewish Proverb

I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology.

Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.

Zen has no business with ideas.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

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

Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

I have a habit of running from the things I’ve prayed for and then asking God to send them again.

The Zen expression Kill the Buddha!” means to kill any concept of the Buddha as something apart from oneself.

The Buddhist notion of diligence is to delight in positive deeds.

A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir – a constant source of energy, determination and kindness.

It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean.

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.

I’m a bit superstitious about certain things, like what shoes to wear. If I wear the wrong shoes, the whole day may go wrong. Or if I don’t get to the bottom of the stairs before the door closes – stupid little things like that. Then I also have all the normal ones, like don’t walking under ladders and so on.