“When you listen to someone, you should give up all your preconceived ideas and your subjective opinions; you should just listen to him, just observe what his way is. We put very little emphasis on right and wrong or good and bad. We just see things as they are with him, and accept them. This is how we communicate with each other. Usually when you listen to some statement, you hear it as a kind of echo of yourself. You are actually listening to your own opinion. If it agrees with your opinion you may accept it, but if it does not, you will reject it or you may not even really hear it.”
    
    
  ―
  
    
      Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
    
      Share this quote:
    
    
  Friends Who Liked This Quote
          To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!
      
    
      33 likes
    
All Members Who Liked This Quote
This Quote Is From
      Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
      by
      Shunryu Suzuki49,319 ratings, average rating, 2,178 reviews
Open Preview
Browse By Tag
- love (101332)
 - life (79350)
 - inspirational (75811)
 - humor (44325)
 - philosophy (30958)
 - inspirational-quotes (28872)
 - god (26862)
 - truth (24732)
 - wisdom (24612)
 - romance (24340)
 - poetry (23275)
 - life-lessons (22583)
 - quotes (20984)
 - death (20527)
 - travel (20241)
 
- happiness (18960)
 - hope (18528)
 - faith (18384)
 - inspiration (17291)
 - spirituality (15701)
 - relationships (15511)
 - religion (15374)
 - motivational (15306)
 - life-quotes (15285)
 - love-quotes (15133)
 - writing (14934)
 - success (14183)
 - motivation (13162)
 - time (12860)
 - motivational-quotes (12140)
 

















