Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams.
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbors.
When I start the day with a moment of solitude and contemplation, even the most crowded schedule runs more smoothly.
Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.
We will act consistently with our view of who we are, whether that view is accurate or not.
To find a buddha,
you have to see your nature.
Whoever sees his or her nature is a buddha.
If you don’t see your nature,
invoking buddhas,
reciting sutras,
making offerings
result in good karma.
Reciting sutras results in good memory.
Keeping precepts results in a good rebirth.
And making offerings results in future blessings.
But no buddha.
Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
Children make you want to start life over.
Happy families are all alike... every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way...
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
When people are judged by merit, not connections, then the best and brightest can lead the country, people will work hard, and the entire economy will grow - everyone will benefit and more resources will be available for all, not just select groups.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Zen is a kind of unlearning. It teaches you how to drop that which you have learned, how to become unskillful again, how to become a child again, how to start existing without mind again, how to be here without any mind.
