All Buddhas and ordinary people are just one mind. This mind is beyond all measurements, names, oppositions: this very being is it; as soon as you stir your mind you turn away from it.

People are scared to empty their minds fearing that they will be engulfed by the void. What they don't realize is that their own mind is the void.

The foolish reject what they see, not what they think; the wise reject what they think, not what they see.

Our original nature is...void, omnipresent, silent, pure; it is glorious and mysterious peaceful joy - and that is all. Enter deeply into it by awakening yourself.

A perception, sudden as blinking, that subject and object are one, will lead to a deeply mysterious understanding; and by this understanding you will awaken to the truth.

Why seek a doctrine? As soon as you have a doctrine, you fall into dualistic thought.

To make use of your mind to think conceptually is to leave substance and attach yourself to form

Observe things as they are and don't pay attention to other people.

Here it is - right now. Start thinking about it and you miss it.

Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.

By the dharma is meant the heart, for there is no dharma apart from the heart.

War is not just the business of death, it is the antitheses of life.

And the worst thing was, there were no mirrors out there in the wild, so the princess was left wondering whether she in fact was still beautiful... or if the fall had changed the story completely.

Our thoughts define our destiny.

Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.

I am not without an object in life, but I feel lonely and deserted.

Everybody free-solos. When you walk to the store, you're free-soloing. It's just a matter of the difficulty of the route.

I will remember this word," he said. "Shenanigans. It is a good word.

The past, for everyone, is full of missed chances, surviving to understand them, if not set them straight, is one of the things that makes the next breath worth taking.

The secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company.

I've definitely gotten to work with female directors, and I feel lucky because of that. I just feel like more voices should be represented.