If you are not happy here and now, you never will be.

We feel our shell keeps us safe, but it crushes us and others, and keeps out light and sun.

The body moves naturally, automatically, without any personal intervention or awareness. If we think too much, our actions become slow and hesitant.

The silence of the mountain is even more beautiful once the birds are quiet.

Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a distorted vision of life. The root of the martial arts is not there.

If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether it is really and truly composed of H-2-O, or even mineral water, or saki. Meditation is Drinking it!

To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.