There was a young man who said though, it seems that I know that I know, but what I would like to see is the I that knows me when I know that I know that I know.

There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied.

Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable human activity, and that wherever it is so applied it lends an unmistakable quality to the work.

Only words and conventions can isolate us from the entirely undefinable something which is everything.

Many people think that the Bible is the authentic word of God and they worship the Bible, making it an idol.

You must not be afraid of playing wrong notes. Just forget it, play it wrong! But play!

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.