The only way to know something absolutely is to experience it for yourself; anything less is theory, speculation, and belief. .

Zen says everything is divine so how can anything be special? All is special. Nothing is non-special so nothing can be special.

Getting love is a very small experience. It is the experience of beggar.

Objective art is just the opposite. The man has nothing to throw, he is utterly empty, absolutely clean. Out of this silence, out of this emptiness, arises love, compassion, and out of this silence a possibility for creativity. This silence, this love, this compassion, these are the qualities of meditation.

Love is the ultimate, the end. You love for love's own sake. It is not a means to anything else, it is its own end.

Children can be taught meditation more easily because they are not yet spoiled. When you have been spoiled the hard work is to help you to unlearn.

I am all in favor of the skeptical mind. Do not believe anything unless you have experienced it. Do not believe anything - go on questioning, however long it takes.