No one's mouth is big enough to utter the whole thing.

What you are basically, deep, deep down, far, far in, is simply the fabric and structure of existence itself.

Every individual is a unique manifestation of the Whole, as every branch is a particular outreaching of the tree.

Philosophy is man’s expression of curiosity about everything and his attempt to make sense of the world primarily through his intellect.

The morning glory which blooms for an hour differs not at heart from a giant pine that lives for a thousand years.

We are sick with fascination for the useful tools of names and numbers, of symbols, signs, conceptions and ideas. Meditation is therefore the art of suspending verbal and symbolic thinking for a time, somewhat as a courteous audience will stop talking when a concert is about to begin.

In life as well as in art Zen never wastes energy in stopping to explain; it only indicates.