Do not be amazed by the true dragon.

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.

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

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 do not feel ashamed of anything, then you can do whatever you like

A mn ages hs enemy because he hates his own hate. He says to himself: I hate him not because he's my enemy, not because he hates me, but because he arouses me to hate.

I wanted to be a painter, somewhere between Abstract Expressionism and Pop.

We take better care of our smartphone than ourselves. We know when the battery is depleted and recharge it

We don't measure our people's success in how they're doing in government. We measure how they are doing in the real world and the private sector economy.

I used to play bass for a while and got to the point where I was good enough to be in a shitty band.

There's not enough of those inclusive projects where I feel like I'm interpreting a human being and not just a statistic or a nationality.

Venus in Furs has caught his soul in the red snares of hair. He will paint her, and go mad.

The exquisitely bad is as satisfying to the soul as the exquisitely good. Only the mediocre is unendurable.

I agree with Bill Clinton that US forces should not be sent to Haiti, but not for his reasons.