Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want to have a good harvest, the most important thing is to make the soil rich and cultivate it well.
Shunryu SuzukiThere are, strictly speaking, no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity.
Shunryu SuzukiThe true practice to meditation is to sit as if you where drinking water when you are thirsty.
Shunryu SuzukiWhen you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything. The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everything.
Shunryu Suzuki