I asked, "What are words?" The tenzo said, "One, two, three, four, five." I asked again, "What is practice?" "Nothing in the entire universe is hidden."

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.

It's a date.""It's a cookie.""It's a cookie date.

I initially thought I was going to be a teacher. Maybe like an elementary teacher or something like that, which would be fun. Maybe someday.

Wisdom cometh by suffering.

Simple questions--and simple answers--were what we needed in life. That was what Mma Ramotswe believed. Yes.

Nothing is so conformable to reason as to disavow reason.

Never in my short career, I've never had that experience where I wasn't sure if I was acting or if it was real.

If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.

I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.

The reality is Hicks is facing an unfair justice system that is not tolerated anywhere else in the world, so where does that leave him

I like to let my football do the talking, I'm respectful of other good teams such as Arsenal.