When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;
but when the truth entails tremendous ruin,
To speak dishonorably is pardonable.
Zen has no theory. It is a non-theoretical approach into reality. It has no doctrine and no dogma - hence it has no church, no priest, no pope.
I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick -- not wounded -- dead.
This is my rule of married life: it is better to be happy than to be right.
It is easier to fight for ones principles than to live up to them.
Stay full of peace yourself and know that this peace will reach your loved ones and ultimately the whole world.
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.
The lotus is a symbol of purity. Its roots are in the mud, but the flower remains above dirty water. Live a lotus life. Be in the world, but unaffected by
impurities.
What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.
Your good wishes and pure feelings, your vibrations of peace and love, can once again bring harmony in nature and happiness in the world.
Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart - Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
