The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the experts, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all possibilities.

Enlightenment is not a complete remedy.

Each one of us must make his own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way.

Tai Shimano visited Shunryu Suzuki. "How are you feeling these days?" Suzuki replied, "They have a new name for me: Cancer!"

A tiger does not ignore or slight any small animal. The way he catches a mouse and catches and devours a cow are the same.

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.

Whereever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything. That is more true than I can say, and more true than you can hear.