After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.
— Italian Proverb
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
If the problem has a solution, worrying is pointless, in the end the problem will be solved. If the problem has no solution, there is no reason to worry, because it can’t be solved.
— Zen Proverb
The longest journey is the journey inward.
— Dag Hammarskjöld
The object of your desire is not an object.
— Jack Gardner
In fact, the truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act; not merely to reflect.
— D.T. Suzuki
Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
— Dōgen
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another.
— Emma Goldman
Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful.
— Buddha
When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots, but just paint Spring. To paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots is to paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – it is not yet painting Spring.
— Dōgen
The baby looks at things all day without winking; that is because his eyes are not focused on any particular object. He goes without knowing where he is going, and stops without knowing what he is doing. He merges himself within the surroundings and moves along with it. These are the principles of mental hygiene.
— Zhuangzi
In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.
— Shunryu Suzuki
That our pains and longings are thousandfold and can be anesthetized in a thousand different ways is as commonplace a truth as that, in the end, they are all one, and can only be overcome in one way. What you most need is to feel.
— Dag Hammarskjöld
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.
— Dalai Lama
Water and words…Easy to pour, impossible to recover.
— Chinese Proverb
We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known for his pithy one word Zen. When asked What is the highest teaching of the Buddha? he replied: An appropriate statement. On another occasion, he answered: Cake. I admired his directness.
— Stephen Batchelor
A walk with a two-year-old is very Zen; it is not about the end but the journey. He needs to pet the dog someone is walking; to roll down the slight incline to the church basement, and then roll again, and again, and again; to remind me of the place where the wasps (he calls them bees) live, then zoom past it.
— Marc Aronson
If you believe everything you read, you better not read.
— Japanese Proverb
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
— Marie Curie
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately although it is true it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
— Shunryu Suzuki
I have discovered that all of mans unhappiness derives from only one source, not being able to sit quietly in a room.
— Blaise Pascal
The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
— Lao Tzu
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual’s own reason and critical analysis.
— Dalai Lama
The spirit of defeating a man is the same for ten million men. The strategist makes small things into big things, like building a great Buddha from a one foot model.
— Miyamoto Musashi
Because you are alive, everything is possible.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
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