A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with Reality, and lives in a world of illusion.

When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point.

We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean "waves," the universe "peoples." Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.

The greater part of human activity is designed to make permanent those experiences and joys which are only lovable because they are changing.

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.

You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing.

Wars based on principle are far more destructive... the attacker will not destroy that which he is after.