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!

You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair.

In a fight between a strong technique and a strong body, technique will prevail. In a fight between a strong mind and a strong technique, mind will prevail, because it will find the weak point.

Human beings are afraid of dying. They are always running after something: money, honor, and pleasure. But if you had to die now, what would you want?

From your first day at school you are cut off from life to make theories.

Time is not a line, but a series of now-points.

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