For Zen students a weed is a treasure. With this attitude, whatever you do, life becomes an art.

An enlightened person does not ignore things and does not stick to things, not even to the truth.

We do not exist for the sake of something else. We exist for the sake of ourselves.

Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life.

When something dies is the greatest teaching.

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.

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.