After you have practiced for a while, you will realize that it is not possible to make rapid, extraordinary progress. Even though you try very hard, the progress you make is always little by little.

Life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore, nor actual difficulty in our life.

In the mind of the beginner, there are many possibilities. In the mind of the expert there are few.

It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.

If you take pride in your attainment or become discouraged because of your idealistic effort, your practice will confine you by a thick wall.

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

Things are always changing, so nothing can be yours.