Zen Quotes

“The purpose of Zen is to find your own nature.”

“Zen is not about being special. It's about being ordinary.”

“Zen is not a religion. It is a tool.”

“No matter where you go, there you are.”

“Fundamentally, the marksman aims at himself.”

“Without any greed, never getting angry, always smiling quietly.”

“The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.”

“Having no destination, I am never lost.”

“My heart is a mirror, it reflects everything, but it is not attached to anything.”

“The right art is purposeless, aimless! The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede.”

“The shot will only go smoothly when it takes the archer himself by surprise.”

“In the case of the archer, the assets are technical skill, self-control, and the growing art of letting go.”

“What is in the way, is the way.”

“A woman's sex is a direct path to enlightenment.”

“The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.”

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

“The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.”

“When you can take the pebble from my hand, it will be time for you to leave.”

“There are no questions, only answers.”

“You must concentrate on the present. In the present, there is no anxiety. The past is a dream. The future is a phantom.”