Zen proverb

Before enlightnment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightnment, chop wood, carry water.

When you hear that all beings are Buddha, don’t fall into the error of thinking there’s more than one Buddha.

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

No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.

Inspiring others towards happiness brings you happiness.

Inner surrender leads to the highest truth.

Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others is the ultimate source of success in life.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

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

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

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.

Do not worship me, I am not God. I’m only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.

Only a spiritual being has awareness.

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity.

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

If it turns out that there is a God, I don’t think that he’s evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever.

Be kind to all creatures; this is the true religion.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

I have a bit of supernatural take on life. For a moment, I went over to the other side. Since then, I can feel the presence of the departed. I’m very sensitive to it.