Everything you do is right, nothing you do is wrong, yet you must still make ceaseless effort.

True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another... But the best way to communicate may be just to sit without saying anything.

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

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

Wherever you go you will find your teacher, as long as you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear.

In Japan we have the phrase, "Shoshin," which means "beginner's mind." Our "original mind" includes everything within itself. It is always rich and sufficient within itself. This does not mean a closed mind, but actually an empty mind and a ready mind. If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything. It is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.

So for a period of time each day, try to sit, without moving, without expecting anything, as if you were in your last moment. Moment after moment you feel your last instant. In each inhalation and each exhalation there are countless instants of time. Your intention is to live in each instant.