'Good enough' stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great?
Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature.
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.
Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
All the world's bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.
I'm not turned on, so put away that meat you're selling.
The emphasis is on meditation in Tantric Zen. The experience of meditation in formal practice, zazen, where you're sitting down and meditating and concentrating.
The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.