Right now, it’s like this.
The instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe.
Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.
Abandon yesterday, tomorrow and today. Cross over to the farthest shore beyond life and death.
When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
Live happily in the present moment. It is the only moment we have.
We’ve had the goddam Ages of Faith, we’ve had the goddam Age of Reason. This is the Age of Publicity.
In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
God is the same everywhere.
Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will find.
God cannot alter the past, but historians can.
It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese.
The fact that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than any other single reason. That, that my friends, that is true perversion!
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
If we could get all religions together on a common purpose-the elimination of jealousies and the things that make men covet another’s belongings, we would be a long way toward the goal of outmoding war, depression and poverty.
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.
I lost my faith in God when I lost my daughter to Cancer, the beast. I begged, I cried, I offered my life for hers, and day by day, I watched that beautiful little Angel slip off. So, excuse me for not taking my seat next to you on Sunday in Church, I feel too cheated to worship.
