Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.

The best way to control cow and sheep is to give them a big grazing field.

If you want to enjoy the movie, you should know that it is the combination of film and light and white screen, and that the most important thing is to have a plain, white screen.

The person who can freely acknowledge that life is full of difficulties can be free, because they are acknowledging the nature of life - that it can't be much else.

In the mind of the beginner, there are many possibilities. In the mind of the expert there are few.

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

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.