Zen is a special transmission outside the scriptures,With no reliance on words and letters.A direct pointing to the human mind,And the realization of enlightenment.

The future doesn't exist. It hasn't happened yet. The past doesn't exist. It has already happened.

If you miss the moment, you miss your life.

To be still means to empty yourself from the incessant flow of thoughts and create a state of consciousness that is open and receptive.

There is no place to search for the truth. Though it's right beneath your feet, it can't be found.

To know objects only through dissecting and cataloguing them is to miss their full reality. It is to fall asleep amidst the mystery and to become numb to the wonder of this great Earth.

In the action of no-action (wu-wei), a cardinal aspect of the true creative process is set forth. In wu-wei, the mind is silenced and the work is allowed to express itself.

It is possible to do something, and to do something meticulously and completely with out creating a goal... all nature works this way.

What transpires for the least significant member transpires at once for the whole.

Words and ideas are a description of reality, silence is a negation of reality. What is the reality itself?

Creativity is our birthright. It is an integral part of being human, as basic as walking, talking and thinking.

God is my only leader. Truth is my only sword. Guided only by my conscience, I am a true citizen of the world.

When your intuition is right, thank the part of you that knows how to do that truly remarkable job.

Of course, Jules was not a wolf. She was an elephant. But Jules was a very young toy and she had never been to school to learn the difference.

Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last-far off-at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.

Friendship is born from an identity of spiritual goals - from common navigation toward a star.

I want to get out there. I want to show myself.

Observe what is with undivided awareness.

All political spendings for purposes beyond the protection of life and property are a snare and a delusion.

Doubt is clearly a value in science. It is important to doubt and that the doubt is not a fearful thing, but a thing of great value.

No one who accepts the sovereignty of truth can be a foot soldier in a party or movement. He will always find himself out of step.