D.T. Suzuki

The truth of Zen, just a little bit of it, is what turns one’s humdrum life into one of art.

Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?

The intuitive recognition of the instant, thus reality… is the highest act of wisdom.

Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese.

A follower of the way has neither form nor shape, neither root nor trunk; nor dwelling place; like a fish leaping in the water.

Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

We all die unhealed

When one person suffers from a delusion It is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion It is called Religion.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.

Heaven and earth and I are of the same root, The ten-thousand things and I are of one substance.

Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?

A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.

Not only higher forms of life but also many of the smallest insects are social beings who, without any religion, law or education, survive by mutual cooperation based on an innate recognition of their interconnectedness.

I’m a bit superstitious about certain things, like what shoes to wear. If I wear the wrong shoes, the whole day may go wrong. Or if I don’t get to the bottom of the stairs before the door closes – stupid little things like that. Then I also have all the normal ones, like don’t walking under ladders and so on.

It is the final proof of God’s omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

I love learning about different religions, and discovering the different ways to worship, and to love the greatness and the higher being that surrounds us all. I definitely believe in a bigger presence, and I really respect all religions; at their core they all teach the same message – community and kindness and looking out for each other.