There will always be war, but we must always work to oppose it.

Zen is everywhere.... But for you, Zen is right here.

A garden is never finished.

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.

Our mind should be free from traces of the past, just like the flowers of spring.

Each one of us must make his own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way.

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves. That is why we have teaching. But the teaching is not ourselves. It is some explanation of ourselves. To study the teaching is to know yourselves. That is why we do not ever attach to the teaching, or to the teacher. The moment you meet a teacher you should leave the teacher, and you should be independent. You want a teacher so that you can be independent. So you study yourselves. You have the teacher for yourselves, not for the teacher.