Every explicit duality is an implicit unity.

Lack of love for the vegetative, subtle, cthonic, pagan, and sexy aspect of the world means death.

We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree.

Don't hurry anything. Don't worry about the future. Don't worry about what progress you're making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is.

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

And so when the essential idea of love is lost there comes talk of fidelity. Actually, the only possible basis for two beings, male and female, to relate to each other is to grant each other total freedom.

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.