When I say that Zen is life, I mean that Zen is not to be confined within conceptualization, that Zen is what makes conceptualization possible.

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

Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.

Copying is slavery. The letter must never be followed, only the spirit is to be grasped. Higher affirmations live in the spirit. And where is the spirit? Seek it in your everyday experience, and therein lies abundance of proof for all you need.

Not to be bound by rules, but to be creating one's own rules-this is the kind of life which Zen is trying to have us live.

When we start to feel anxious or depressed, instead of asking, "What do I need to get to be happy?" The question becomes, "What am I doing to disturb the inner peace that I already have?"

The meaning of service is to do the work assigned ungrudgingly and without thought of personal reward material or moral.