There are, strictly speaking, no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity.

A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?" Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason.

If your practice is good, you may become proud of it. What you do is good, but something more is added to it. Pride is extra. Right effort is to get rid of something extra.

Even though you have pain in your legs, you can do it. Even though your practice is not good enough, you can do it.

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

We should not be just a fan of dragons; we should always be the dragon himself. Then we will not be afraid of any dragon.

In reflecting on our problems, we should include ourselves.