Should you desire the great tranquility prepare to sweat white beads.

All beings are by nature are Buddhas, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddhas.

Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully.

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand?

If only you could hear the sound of snow

At this moment, is there anything lacking? Nirvana is right here now before our eyes. This place is the lotus land. This body now is the Buddha.

Meditation in action is endlessly more important than meditation in stillness.

I encourage all you superior seekers in the secret depths to devote yourselves to penetrating and clarifying the self, as earnestly as you would put out a fire on the top of your head.

Luck is the way the dust settles when God passes by.

Do not let the endless succession of small things crowd great ideals out of sight and out of mind.

We are living in a moment where we have broken the equilibrium of the planet. We are not paying attention to our intuitive side. We only pay attention to our reason. We have become an urban animal

To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.

It may be doubted that there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world as have these lowly organized creatures.

Facts speak louder than statistics.

We were only there for five days and during that time Tom was a bit annoyed that the French were more interested in me and my schoolgirl outfit than him and his long scarf.

Remember, the Congress doesn't get as many opportunities to make an impression with the public.

On the battlefield of ideas, winning requires moving toward the sound of the guns.

The need has gone; the memorial thereof remains.