This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

Basically, there is simply nothing to worry about, because you yourself are the eternal energy of the universe.

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

Self-improvement is a dangerous form of vanity.

You can't get wet from the word 'water.'

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.