D.T. Suzuki Quotes

There are, strictly speaking, no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity.

In the mind of the beginner, there are many possibilities. In the mind of the expert there are few.

We do not exist for the sake of something else. We exist for the sake of ourselves.

The secret of zen is just two words: not... always... so.

To be different is to have value. In this sense all things have equal, absolute value. Each thing has absolute value and thus is equal to everything else.

Most North Americans know that human-caused global warming is real, even if political leaders don't always reflect or act on that knowledge.

Facts of experience are valued in Zen more than representations, symbols, and concepts-that is to say, substance is everything in Zen and form nothing.

Perhaps the whole world is actually a banquet, to which every living thing is invited. First you come as guests: then eventually you're on the menu.

So now the challenge is to imagine a different world where our wealth is in human relations and the things we do together, and we learn to live in balance with the rest of nature.

What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives?

Global trade has advantages. For starters, it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food.

Even meeting Kyoto targets barely makes a dent in what we have to achieve.

Humanity is facing a challenge unlike any we've ever had to confront. We are in an unprecedented period of change.

Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.

I wanted the challenge of competing against the best players in the world.

Live by looking for things to do for other people.

In your big mind, everything has the same value...In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing the same respect given to a Buddha. Here there is Buddhahood

If I simply do my best, I cannot complain even if I am taken to hell.

Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.

We now have access to so much information that we can find support for any prejudice or opinion.

We all live downstream

The current economic system is fundamentally flawed and inevitably destructive.

Canada, more than any nation, will be affected by rising sea levels from global warming.

Love is the force that makes us fully human.

Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.

Each of us has the ability to act powerfully for change; together we can restore that ancient and sustaining harmony.

I see a world in the future in which we understand that all life is related to us and we treat that life with great humility and respect.

As parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts we need to start getting out into nature with the young people in our lives. Families play a key role in getting kids outside.

But human borders mean nothing to air, water, windblown soil or seeds or migrating fish, birds or mammals.

If we continue to set human borders and the economy as our highest priorities, we will never come to grips with the destructiveness of our activities and institutions.

Come on Canada, it's time to kick our bad habits and get into shape!

Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Each time I visit Japan, I am reminded of how Canadian I am and how little racial connection matters.

Faced with the evidence, many deniers have started to admit that global warming is real, but argue that humans have little or nothing to do with it.

We have altered the physical, chemical and biological properties of the planet on a geological scale. We have left no part of the globe untouched.

More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization.

Birds are, especially canaries, are super sensitive to hydrogen sulfide and sour gas.

Although they [light and medium trucks] have only 5% of the transportation market..., they account for fully 35% of greenhouse gas emissions from freight transportation.

A book is like a single tree in a forest, in that it exists in conjunction with and because of a great many others around it.

Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade.

My earliest memory from childhood is of fishing with my father. And I remember vividly we were in a store, and we were buying a pup tent to go on our first camping trip.

With an estimated population of nine billion people by 2050, we cannot continue to consume resources at the same rate and maintain our quality of life.

Man is the Child of his Environment

You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away?

The point we emphasize is strong confidence in our original nature.

To stop your mind does not mean to stop the activities of mind. It means your mind pervades your whole body.

Instead of respecting things, we want to use them for ourselves and if it is difficult to use them, we want to conquer them.

If you continue this simple practice every day, you will obtain some wonderful power. Before you attain it, it is something wonderful, but after you attain it, it is nothing special.

The more you practice zazen, the more you will be able to accept something as your own, whatever it is.

When he bowed to all those buddhas, the buddhas he bowed to were beyond his own understanding. Again and again he did it.