Gain is delusion; loss is enlightenment.

Religion means living your own life, completely fresh and new, without being taken in by anyone.

No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special.

You don’t seek the way. The way seeks you.

You can't even trade a single fart with the next guy. Each and every one of us has to live out his own life. Don't waste time thinking about who's most talented.

Only a lion can recognize a lion's roar.

We stop the one who can't cease from seeking things outside, and practice with our bodies with a posture that seeks absolutely nothing. This is zazen.

Satori has no beginning; practice has not end!

Live the Self that fills the whole Universe.

You're mind lets you see only what you're looking for. The truth always stands behind the scenes.

We must use time creatively - and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.

Stay free of petty jealousies, live by no man's code, and hold your judgment for yourself, lest you wind up on this road.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran ... in one shot on his website he appears to be dressed only in flowers. Oh - here's the page, you'll see what I mean.

Normally we think of play as the opposite of work. Work is the thing you have to do, and then there's play, the thing you choose to do.

Little Walter was the best harmonica player I ever heard in my life.

Wary, as if surrounded by strangers.

Money is only money, beans tonight and steak tomorrow. So long as you can look yourself in the eye.

My breathing is controlled, but all the fear and anger within me. Fear is too simple a word. Terror. That's what I feel.

Writing should be like skirts. Long enough to cover what it needs to cover and short enough to maintain interest.