As long as we have some definite idea about or some hope in the future, we cannot really be serious with the moment that exists right now.

When we have our body and mind in order, everything else will exist in the right place, in the right way. But usually, without being aware of it, we try to change something other than ourselves; we try to order things outside us. But it is impossible to organize things if you yourself are not in order. When you do things in the right way, at the right time, everything else will be organized.

The beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless.

Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!

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

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.

Enlightenment is not a complete remedy.