In Zen, actions speak louder than words. Doing is more important than knowing, and knowledge which cannot be translated into action is of little worth.

To practice Zen Buddhism is to train oneself to eliminate hatred, anger and selfishness and to develop loving-kindness towards all.

So let the mind flow like water. Face life with a calm and quiet mind and everything in life will be calm and quiet.

The beauty of Zen is found in simplicity and tranquility, in a sense of the all-embracing harmony of things.

If we are always demanding something out of life, then we will never be content. But if we accept life as it is, then we will know contentment.

In Zen Buddhism an action is considered good when it brings happiness and well-being to oneself and others, evil when it brings suffering and harm to oneself and others.

We all shed salty tears and shed red blood. All is one.

Since everything is interrelated, since all things depend one upon another, nothing is absolute, nothing is separate, but all are part of the one indivisible whole.

Nothing begins and nothing ends That is not paid with moan For we are born in others' pain And perish in our own.

His ears made him look like a taxi cab with both doors open.

I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.

A fool is very dangerous when in power.

Sugar is more present in America or England than it is in France. I think there is an addiction to sweetness.

May all people here find inspiration and strength to build a future of reconciliation, justice and peace for all the children of this beloved land.

The seven-inch tablets are tweeners: too big to compete with a smartphone, and too small to compete with an iPad.

Like all the best radical positions, then, mine is a thoroughly traditionalist one.

You can't have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic.