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

If you continue this simple practice every day, you will obtain some wonderful power. Before you attain it, it is something wonderful, but after you attain it, it is nothing special.

We die, and we do not die.

When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything. The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everything.

If you think you will get something from practicing zazen, already you are involved in impure practice.

When you do something, if you fix your mind on the activity with some confidence, the quality of your state of mind is the activity itself. When you are concentrated on the quality of your being, you are prepared for the activity.

The seed has no idea of being some particular plant, but it has its own form and is in perfect harmony with the ground, with its surroundings ... and there is no trouble. This is what we mean by naturalness.