The idea of the Universe being ruled by that marvelous old gentleman, is no longer plausible. It isn't that anybody has disproved it, but it just somehow doesn't go with the vast infinitude of the Universe.

The Universe is the game of the self, which plays hide and seek forever and ever.

By going out of your mind, you come to your senses

Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way.

They are enlightened who join in this play knowing it as play, for people suffer only because they take as serious what the gods made for fun.

That's a waste of time. If you really understand Zen... you can use any book. You could use the Bible. You could use Alice in Wonderland. You could use the dictionary, because... the sound of the rain needs no translation.

The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination.