“She was strangely unaware that she could look and see freshly for herself, as she wrote, without primary regard for what had been said before.”
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“[W]hen you practise right meditation, you 'cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words and following speech, and learn the backward step that turns your light inwardly to illuminate your self.”
Source: Buddhism Plain & Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
“Three or four times, I have had the great death but my life is lived in the million tiny moments that make up the one dance”
“You don´t have to let it linger
Within the palm of your hand,
The tip's already in your finger:
All beginning comes to an end.”
Source: A-Z of Happiness: Tips for Living and Breaking Through the Chain that Separates You from Getting That Dream Job
“Perfectionists are neurotic people. The world is perfectly beautiful in its imperfection.”
Source: Zensational Stories: Volume 1
“«Un antiguo sabio dijo: "una persona buena es como caminar bajo la niebla y la llovizna, aunque la ropa no se empape se va volviendo cada vez más húmeda."» (4-4, Shobogenzo)”
Source: Shobogenzo: Zen Essays by Dogen
“When you change the way you feel, it changes the way you think. When you change the way you think, you change the way you deal with everything in life.”
“The only thing God is afraid of is a strong-willed human.”
Source: Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy
“Your judgments about another person say more about your own character than the character of the person you’re pointing a finger at.”
Source: Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life
“The chaos doesn't end, you kinda' just become the calm.”