The world is its own magic.
When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.
To accept some idea of truth without experiencing it is like a painting of a cake on paper which you can not eat.
Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!
Real practice has no purpose or direction, so it can include everything that comes.
Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine. – Shunryu Suzuki
In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few.
Broken, like a mosaic, I am pieced together. I am still a piece of art, though I may not be fully appreciated by all, the ones that see the beauty, are the ones who have the understanding; gained through experience, that to break, doesn’t mean to give up.
Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.
We never become really and genuinely our entire and honest selves until we are dead – and not then until we have been dead years and years. People ought to start dead and then they would be honest so much earlier.
Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the power.
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.
By all means let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers but dress in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions to a common table and mess together, feeding out of the common store according to their appetite.
I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
