To love, and be loved, this is the greatest challenge that any of us face in our lives.

The way is not clear, and it is when you do not have clarity, when this is allowed, that you will finally have clarity.

You necessarily have to be lost, before you’re found.

You will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken.

Can you allow yourself to be impaled on the present moment?

Maybe it’s something which can’t be defined, ” Enso Roshi says. “Maybe it’s a question, to be lived.

The mind is limitless, in its creations.

Let whatever happens, be what needs to happen, so that I may awaken.

Nothing needs to be done, and things get done.

I am not alone, in my aloneness.

We come to the end of suffering, through suffering.

Know how to choose. Most things in life depend on it. You need good taste and an upright judgement

You can't use an old map to explore a new world.

The hospital that feeds you refined sugar, white bread, canned soup, bouillon cubes, and frozen vegetables should be closed by the health department as a menace to the public health.

Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.

I gotta make a move, I gotta do this now, If they don't know your dreams, they can't shoot 'em down.

What you believe has a much greater impact on your life than what anybody else believes.

In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will.

I never thought I might become famous. It takes getting used to.

Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees.

I've learned ruthless concentration. I can write under any circumstances...street noises, loud talk, music, you name it.