Zen

A noble heart never forces itself forward. Its words are as rare gems, seldom displayed and of great value.

After enlightenment, the laundry.

All of the significant battles are waged within the self.

Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind

Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.

Better to see the face than to hear the name

Better to sit all night than to go to bed with a dragon.

Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them.

Everyday life is the way.

From the withered tree, a flower blooms

Great Faith. Great Doubt. Great Effort. - The three qualities necessary for training.

If you're attached to anything, you surely will go far astray.

If you do not get it from yourself, Where will you go for it?

If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.

If you wish to know the road up the mountain, ask the man who goes back and forth on it.

Life is the only thing worth living for.

Live every day like your hair was on fire.

Move and the way will open.

No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.

Only the crystal-clear question yields a transparent answer.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook.

Sitting peacefully doing nothing Spring comes and the grass grows all by itself.

Ten thousand flowers in spring
the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer,
snow in winter.
If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.

The mind should be as a mirror.

The instant you speak about a thing, you miss the mark.

There is nothing infinite apart from finite things.

Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.

When walking, walk. When eating, eat.

When you get to the top of the mountain, keep climbing.

When you seek it, you cannot find it.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening.