Zen Proverb

To be calm is the highest achievement of the self.

When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man.

Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese.

When you hear that all beings are Buddha, don’t fall into the error of thinking there’s more than one Buddha.

The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflections. The water has no mind to receive their images.

Before enlightnment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightnment, chop wood, carry water.

When you get there, there isn’t any there there.

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Zen is not an art, it’s not a religion. It’s a realisation.

As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the color & fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move through the world.

I’m a good Muslim and I’m only interested in Islam.

I’m the fifth generation of Seventh Day Adventists and the youngest of four brothers. When I was still very small, we formed a gospel quartet.

Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine. – Shunryu Suzuki

You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn’t. You get to decide what to worship.

The law of God, as quite plainly expressed in woman’s construction, is this: There shall be no limit put upon your intercourse with the other sex sexually, at any time of life. During twenty-three days in every month (in the absence of pregnancy) from the time a woman is seven years old till she dies of old age, she is ready for action, and competent. As competent as the candlestick is to receive the candle. Competent every day, competent every night. Also, she wants that candle – yearns for it, longs for it, hankers after it, as commanded by the law of God in her heart.

The essence of Buddhism is, if you can, to help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.

I’m essentially agnostic. I don’t have a problem with God. I have a problem with religion. I’ve chosen to live my life without the certainties of religious faith. I think they’re dangerous. Music is something that gives my life value and spiritual solace.

Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

I come to realize that mind is no other than mountains and rivers and the great wide earth, the sun and the moon and stars.

Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese.