D.T. Suzuki Quotes

I try to do something positive – I socialise more…But deep down I know the truth.An entire world of people can never replace the one that I’ve lost.

I had always wanted to hear those words.I had always wanted to be your girl.

For you are you, and I am I, and once we were we… but as long as I exist and so do you – know that I will always love you.

I still think of you every day.But I’m trying not to let it hurt me with the same intensity that it used to.

How do you love someone and just… walk away? Just like that. You just, go on as normal…. You get up, get dressed, go to work… How can you do that? How can you be okay with that?

There comes a point where you no longer care if there’s a light at the end of the tunnel or not. You’re just sick of the tunnel.

You made me feel worthwhile…. like for once it mattered if I was here or not because I actually meant something to someone…. because I meant something to you. I miss that feeling.

You loved him enough to let him leave… Now you need to love yourself enough to let him go.

Perhaps the echoes of people we once loved still linger in the places we frequented with them and that is why we go back… Not so much to remember them as to feel them…

We needn't be saddened with the impossible weight of managing the entire biosphere, but we must meet the challenge of living in balance with the sacred elements.

Today is just another day of trying to get by without you.

I played with children so that I could learn from them.

In your very imperfections you will find the basis for your firm, way-seeking mind.

In zazen, leave your front door and your back door open. Let thoughts come and go. Just don't serve them tea.

I've never been the most important person to anybody - not even myself.

I've never been the most important thing to anybody - not even myself.

New Year’s cards from friends — colored patterns of my life

Those who are attached only to the result of their effort will not have any chance to appreciate it, because the result will never come.

Everybody wants their own little place in the world. And maybe mine is here… Loving you from a distance…

First character, then ability.

A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits it not open to things as they are.

We emphasize straightforwardness. You should be true to your feelings, and to your mind, expressing yourself without any reservations. This helps the listener to understand more easily.

Writing is the voice of the heart' Julia Suzuki

The true purpose [of Zen] is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes... Zen practice is to open up our small mind.

In our practice we have no particular purpose or goal, nor any special object of worship.

Zen is nothing to get excited about.

As I have said before, I had no illusions about my performing ability. But I did not know that my despair was brought about not because I had no talent but because I did not know how to develop it.

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyones arguing over where they're going to sit

God against man. Man against God. Man against nature. Nature against man. Nature against God. God against nature. Very funny religion!

To deceive oneself is worse than to deceive others." These harsh words pierced me to the core.

To live in the realm of Buddha nature means to die as a small being, moment after moment.

In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing the same respect given to a Buddha.

A resource-poor country like Japan can only rely on people's endeavor and knowledge. I would like to continue my effort to provide help to younger people.