People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is hard to sit in the cross- legged position, or to attain enlightenment. It is difficult because it is hard to keep our mind pure and our practice pure in its fundamental sense.

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

It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.

Hell is not punishment, it's training.

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

Instead of criticizing, find out how to help.

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