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

We should not be just a fan of dragons; we should always be the dragon himself. Then we will not be afraid of any dragon.

If you understand real practice, then archery or other activities can be zen. If you don't understand how to practice archery in its true sense, then even though you practice very hard, what you acquire is just technique. It won't help you through and through. Perhaps you can hit the mark without trying, but without a bow and arrow you cannot do anything. If you understand the point of practice, then even without a bow and arrow the archery will help you. How you get that kind of power or ability is only through right practice.

Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself.

You are perfect as you are and there is always room for improvement.

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.

If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude. Even though you observe just one flower, that one flower includes everything