When you're deluded, every statement is an ulcer; when you're enlightened, every word is wisdom.

Student says " I am very discouraged. What should I do?" Master says, "encourage others."

In the pursuit of learning, everyday something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, everyday something is dropped. Lao Tzu

"I have done my best", that is about all the philosophy of living that one needs....Lin-yutang.

No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself....Zen Quotes by Tilopa

Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning. Lao Tzu

What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.Lao Tzu

Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. Lao Tzu

Chuzhen One single still light shines bright: if you intentionally pursue it, after all it's hard to see. Suddenly encountering it, people's hearts are opened up, and the great matter is clear and done. This is really living, without any fetters -- no amount of money could replace it. Even if a thousand sages should come, they would all appear in it's shadow.

Be the chief but never the lord. Lao Tzu

Whatever you hope to do with ease, first do it with diligence.

ZEN GOES DEEPER TO THE SIMPLEST!

The existence of things as separate entities and not as separate entities are both dualistic concepts.  As Bodhidharma said:  “There are separate entities and there are not, but at the same time they are neither the one nor the other, for relativity is transient.”

Neither is there Bodhi-tree, Nor yet a mirror bright; Since in reality all is void, Whereon can the dust fall?....Hui Neng (638-713).

The reverse side also has a reverse side....Japanese Proverb.

The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. Ma-Tsu.

Whatever you are doing, twenty-four hours a day, in all your various activities, there is something that transcends the Buddhas and Zen Masters; but as soon as you want to understand it, it's not there. As soon as you try to gather your attention on it, you have already turned away from it. That is why I say you see but cannot do anything about it.

You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found in which to put the Original Face; it will not disappear even when the universe is destroyed....Zen Quotes by Mumon.

The birds have vanished down the sky.
Now the last cloud drains away.
We sit together, the mountain and me,
Until only the mountain remains.
- Li Po (701–762)

A person asked Buddha:
"Are you a God?"
Buddha's reply was
"No."
"Are you an Angel?"
"No."
"Then what are you?"
"I am Awake."

I take no action and people are reformed
I enjoy peace and people become loving
I use no force and people become 'rich'
I have no ambitions and people return to the 'good' life-LAO TZU

If you understand, things are just as they are...if you do not understand, things are just as they are

Not all those who wander are lost

The living meaning of Zen is beyond all notions. To realize it in a phrase is completely contrary to the subtle essence; we cannot avoid using words as expedients, though, but this has limitations. Needless to say, of course, random talk is useless. Nonetheless, the matter is not one-sided, so we temporarily set forth a path in the way of teaching, to deal with people