There is no connection between I myself yesterday and I myself in this moment

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

If you cannot bow to Buddha, you cannot be a Buddha. It is arrogance.

You can't make a date with enlightenment.

I discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has no form and no color--something which exists before all forms and colors appear... No matter what god or doctrine you believe in, if you become attached to it, your belief will be based more or less on a self-centered idea.

You are perfect as you are and there is always room for improvement.

If you try to observe the precepts, that is not true observation of precepts. When you observe the precepts without trying to observe the precepts, that is true observation of the precepts.