The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.

True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another... But the best way to communicate may be just to sit without saying anything.

If you were not born in this world, there would be no need to die. To be born in this world is to die, to disappear [laughing].

Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as an enlightened person. There is only enlightened activity.

So it is not a matter of whether it is possible to attain Buddhahood, or if it is possible to make a tile a jewel. But just to work, just to live in this world with this understanding is the most important point, and that is our practice. That is true zazen.

Moment after moment, completely devote yourself to listening to your inner voice.

When you are just you, without thinking or trying to say something special, just saying what is on your mind and how you feel, then there is naturally self-respect.