How much 'ego' do you need? Just enough so that you don't step in front of a bus.

Because all existence is founded upon the ever-present state of union, everything already exists in a state of tranquility. However, this state of tranquility is masked from us by our assumption that there is a separation, that there is a problem.

When you say, "Wait a moment," you are bound by your karma; when you say "Yes I will," you are free.

Wabi means spare, impoverished; simple and functional. It connotes a transcendence of fad and fashion. The spirit of wabi imbues all the Zen arts, from calligraphy to karate, from the tea ceremony to Zen archery.

When we inhale, the air comes into the inner world. When we exhale, the air goes out to the outer world. The inner world is limitless, and the outer world is also limitless. We say "inner world" or "outer world" but actually, There is just one whole world.

There will always be war, but we must always work to oppose it.

If I tell you something, you will stick to it and limit your own capacity to find out for yourself.