I don't do drugs. I am drugs.
People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.
Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed.
I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have brought me to my ideas.
We spend most of our life running after things, doing things. We forget that being comes before doing. Those who remember this secret make an effort to be and
discover that when they stop and observe, life helps and brings whatever is needed. Learning to be is learning to be at peace. It is our most fundamental nature.
Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; hate less, love more and all good things are yours.
If opportunity does not knock, go out and build a door.
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
Look out on life with amazement, not shock. The variety, the diversity, the manner of every person, the beauty amidst the drudgery, the contrasts, the opportunities, the heroism in the lives of ordinary people, your gifts, your talents, your friends - even just one friend - is all awesome. Live in awe, and entertain wonder, and you will be knocking on the door of true love. Don't kill it with cynicism or criticism, don't sabotage your life with moaning and complaining. Open the eyes in your head and the eye in your intellect and choose to see the stunning, awesome, diverse beauty of life happening around you right now. Meet it with your heart and you will enrich and be enriched in one single moment.
I once met an assassin who's nickname was fart. I ask him why he has this nickname and he tells me it's because he's silent but deadly.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.
Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.”
It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.
