God is a loving god.
When I was practicing psychology, I used to tell myself if I ever get to where I’m just doing this for the money or I’m just going through the motions, I’ll quit.
If I was on the air and was just kind of a plain-vanilla personality that took the safe road and the safe way trying to please all of the people all of the time, I’d been gone in two weeks.
Life is a marathon, it’s not a sprint.
Do you realize that you can’t play the game of life with sweaty palms?
You cannot be who and what you are unless you have a lifestyle, both internally and externally, that is designed to support that definition of self.
You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I’m going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that’s OK.
I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.
Buddhist practice is simply a system directed to the one end of lessening the suffering of life.
I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesnt need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.
We can do no great things, only small things with great love.
Zen has no business with ideas.
Be kind to all creatures; this is the true religion.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making a synthesis of them, achieving balance.
I believe a man is better anchored who has a belief in the Supreme Being.
In the end, only three things matter: How much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.
If you are a Christian, you are in danger. If you decided to abandon your faith and become an atheist, you also are to be liquidated according to their concept. You are in danger if you decide to become a Muslim. It is not going to save you anyway because they believe traditional Islam is hostile to their goals.
When you get there, there isn’t any there there.
Before enlightnment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightnment, chop wood, carry water.
You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.
Don’t rush anything. When the time is right, it’ll happen.
