And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha

When you don't understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.

Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything.

All know the way, but few actually walk it.

If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.

To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.

The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.

The true Way is sublime. It can't be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can't read a word.

The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.

Life can be just black and white, but with imagination, life is a kaleidoscope of exhilarating colors and breathtaking adventures.

There is a method to man’s wickedness

My chest expanded and I suddenly wanted to beat on it with my fist. The girl was making me go all caveman." -Marcus Hardy

I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird.

Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs.

I'm sorry, I'm absolutely convinced that there is at the moment no realistic prospect for very much hope in human affairs.

I am a lonely runner, but I am a long-distance runner.

Good manners are very important, particularly in the morning.

It is a luxury to learn; but the luxury of learning is not to be compared with the luxury of teaching.

It would seem that zeal is not an effect of love. For zeal is a beginning of contention.