Zen proverb

Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold & dung. Before you learn it, it’s like gold; after you learn it, it’s like dung.

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.

If something is easy for you, work on it a little. If it’s hard for you, work on it a lot.

Don’t worry that you won’t attain oneness. Work on it!

Inspiring others towards happiness brings you happiness.

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.

A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.

You’re just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You’ve got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It’s all down to you, mate.

In order to fulfill yourself, you have to forget yourself. In order to find yourself, you have to lose yourself.

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

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.

Inspiring others towards happiness brings you happiness.

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

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would solve most the worlds problems.

I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.

Faith is one of the most effective tools in the human equipment. I believe that faith works.

Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

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

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

The instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.