Zen Proverb > Quotes

“Let go or be dragged.”
― Zen Proverb

“When walking, walk. When eating, eat.”
― Zen Proverb

“If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.”
― Zen Proverb

“The obstacle is the path.”
― Zen proverb

“The infinite is in the finite of every instant.”
― Zen proverb

“Expect nothing. Appreciate everything.”
― Zen proverb

“Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark.”
― Zen proverb

“A river too pure, yields no fish.”
― Zen Proverb

“Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.”
― Zen Proverb

“An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.”
― Zen Proverb

“You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day. If you are very busy, you must sit for 1 hour.”
― Zen Proverb

“If you cannot find the truth
right where you are,

where else do you expect to find it?”
― Zen Proverb

“What you possess, you lose.”
― Zen proverb

“When the mind is nowhere it is everywhere.”
― Zen proverb

“To follow the path, look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master.”
― Zen Proverb

“Great Faith. Great Doubt. Great Effort.

The three truths all great writers face every day.”
― Zen Proverb

“The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist.
They turn to each other and say 'We did it ourselves.”
― Zen Proverb

“Let go, or be dragged.”
― Zen proverb

“TEACHERS OPEN THE DOOR BUT YOU MUST ENTER BY YOURSELF”
― Zen Proverb

“What is Zen?
Zen is Zen.
What is Zen?
Zen is not Zen.”
― Zen proverb

“Better to see the face than hear the name.”
― Zen Proverb

“The goal of winning is not a winning goal.”
― Zen proverb