The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

Zen has nothing to teach us in the way of intellectual analysis; nor has it any set doctrines which are imposed on its followers for acceptance.

The ego-shell in which we live is the hardest thing to outgrow.

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

Zen opens a man's eyes to the greatest mystery as it is daily and hourly performed; it enlarges the heart to embrace eternity of time and infinity of space in its every palpitation; it makes us live in the world as if walking in the garden of Eden

Zen Makes use, to a great extent, of poetical expressions; Zen is wedded to poetry.

The waters are in motion, but the moon retains its serenity.