Zen Sayings And Quotes

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“Fortune does not change men [and women], it unmasks them.”
– Suzanne Necker

“If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.”
– Tallulah Bankhead

“Believe that you can and you’re halfway there.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.”
– Thomas H. Huxley

“Don’t ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is the special occasion.”
– Unknown

“Be kind to unkind people – they need it the most.”
– Unknown

“Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you know its everything you want.”
– Unknown

“Just know, when you truly want success, you’ll never give up on it. No matter how bad the situation may get.”
– Unknown

“Learn from the mistakes of others, because you can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”
– Unknown

“Money doesn’t change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.”
– Unknown

“When the past calls, let it go to voicemail, believe me, it has nothing new to say.”
– Unknown

“Before enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water. After enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water”
– Zen Saying

“Drawing water and chopping wood.”
– Zen Saying

“My magical power and miraculous gift.”
– Zen Saying

“Your head must feel very heavy, observed Hogen,
Your bow, the master said, sensing his challenger’s predicament,
You will be near to the way.”
– Zen Saying

“Before the rain stops we can hear a bird. Even under the heavy snow we can see snowdrops and some new growth.”
– Zen Saying

“Better to sit all night than to go to bed with a dragon.”
– Zen Saying

“Big Mind is something to express, not something to figure out. Big mind is something you have, not something to seek for.”
– Zen Saying

“But you have little skill with the mind that lets loose the shot.”
– Zen Saying

“By the time we have completed the body scan, it can feel as if the entire body has dropped away or has become transparent. It can feel as if there is nothing but the breath flowing freely across all the boundaries of the body.”
– Zen Saying

“Consider the trees which allow the birds to perch and fly away”
– Zen Saying

“Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation – Tibetan saying”
– Zen Saying

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

“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.”
– Zen Saying

“Dokuon, who was smoking quietly, said nothing. Suddenly he whacked Yamaoka with his bamboo pipe. This made the youth quite angry.”
– Zen Saying

“Even a good thing isn’t as good as nothing.”
– Zen Saying

“Everyday life is the way.”
– Zen Saying

“Everything the same; everything distinct.”
– Zen Saying

“Great Faith, Great Doubt, Great Effort– The three qualities necessary for training.”
– Zen Saying

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