You will always exist in the universe in one form or another.

As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself.

When you are fooled by something else, the damage will not be so big. But when you are fooled by yourself, it is fatal. No more medicine.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.

Life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore, nor actual difficulty in our life.

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

In order not to leave any traces, when you do something, you should do it with your whole body and mind; you should be concentrated on what you do. You should do it completely, like a good bonfire. You should not be a smoky fire. You should burn yourself completely. If you do not burn yourself completely, a trace of yourself will be left in what you do. You should not have any remains after you do something. But this does not mean to forget all about it.