Zen Quotes

The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the future and the infinite.

He who fights is powerless, but he who loves is power itself.

Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar

The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling.

We are searching for the core of our lives; our culture intuits that writing, that ancient activity, might be the pathway...Awakening does not feed ego's needs and desires; it pulverizes the self. Our society couldn't knowingly bear such reduction, so we've tricked ourselves into the same path but call it writing.

Perfection itself is not the ultimate goal
but the ultimate condition of life.

Search not for happiness outside yourself, for nothing could be further from the truth.

if only people stopped acting like they've been asked to donate a lung every time somebody asks for something the world would be a better place

Every answer you ever need lies within your own silence..

Winslow bounced over on the balls of his feet, clearly not experiencing any sort of crash. 'Aren't your guys nervous? I'm nervous as all hell.'
'There's nothing to be nervous about,' Beck said, joining them. 'Nerves are only useful when they can spur you on to work harder, faster, better. Once the work is done, they become pointless.

You are not your thoughts!! This simple yet powerful statement can greatly change the quality of your life.

To escape from the world means that one's mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.

The more you engage in any type of emotion or behavior, the greater your desire for it will become.

If you feel depressed for an hour, you've produced approximately eighteen billion new cells that have more receptors calling out for depressed-type peptides and fewer calling out for feel-good peptides.

Again, all of life presents us with two basic ways to treat events. We can either label them "god for us" or "bad for us." The event is only an event. It's how we treat the event that determines what it becomes in our lives. The event doesn't make that determination- we do.

One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.

The world is filled with love-play, from animal lust to sublime compassion.

Silence is the language of Om. We need silence to be able to reach our Self. Both internal and external silence is very important to feel the presence of that supreme Love.

Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.