Zen Proverb

Inspiring others towards happiness brings you happiness.

What you possess, you lose.

Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then come back to life – after that you cannot be deceived.

If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.

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

The ordinary mind is the way.

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.

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

God is the same everywhere.

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

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

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

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.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

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 don’t know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn’t.