A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.

But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.

Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.

That you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is awakening

Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.

To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.

If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.

For all the awkward girls that think they’re alone.You’re not.

Many founders hire just because it seems like a cool thing to do, and people always ask how many employees you have.

As soon as the war ended, we located the one spot on earth that hadn't been touched by the war and blew it to hell.

If we had to tolerate in others all that we permit in ourselves, life would become completely unbearable.

The Met is not only the finest encyclopedic museum of art in the United States; it is arguably the finest anywhere.

We don't know how to identify intelligence over interstellar distances, so what we do instead is use technology for a proxy.

If I had to use a single word to describe what is fundamentally wrong with government today, I would use the word fraud.

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.

How do you expect to arrive at the end of your own journey if you take the road to another man's city?

I hold firmly to my original views. After all I am a philosopher.