Friends part foreverwild geese lost in cloud

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.

Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.

Mountain-rose petals Falling, falling, falling now... Waterfall music

There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.

Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.

Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.

A flute with no holes is not a flute.

Come, butterfly It's late- We've miles to go together.

Letters couldn't care less whether what is written with them is true or false.

Because I think people must be the same everywhere. Only these people are in my bones.

To the dumb question "Why me?" the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: why not?

One would have to say "in the end everything is a gag, etc" because everything is infinitely more than just a gag. The same applies to other "is"-statements such as "Laughter is an instant vacation"

I am fat and I don't care.

It's when you cry just a little, but you laugh in the middle that you've made it.

So not enough people in this world, I think, carry a cosmic perspective with them. It could be life-changing.

Every wrong seems possible today, and is accepted. I don't accept it.

If we sit deep in meditation, the glow within the body will brighten, and will expand and spread outside. That is Devi Puja

I Can't Conceive of Thinking that I'm Too Old to Do What I Love