If you can't feel grateful, if you're discouraged or depressed, then think of the fact that things could be a lot worse than they are.

When you go to a power place, if you are receptive, if you are able to quiet your thoughts and concentrate, a lot of that power can enter into you.

It's not my light to begin with, in a sense; it's the light of God, the light of eternity. So take all you want!

The samurais were very interested in Zen because they admired the tremendous precision that the Zen Masters had, their lack of fear and pain and their absolute lack of fear of death.

Real winning and losing all takes place at the meditation table. This is where the battles are. Winning is stopping thought. Losing is sitting there and being subjected to all kinds of ridiculous thoughts

I did well in school. I had lots of honors, so I thought I was quite smart.

Samadhi is not going to take away your humanity. It will give it to you. You will become more cosmopolitan, more conscious, and more infinite.