Eric Regaspi

“We do so much, we run so quickly, the situation is difficult, and many people say, "Don't just sit there, do something." But doing more things may make the situation worse. So you should say, "Don't just do something, sit there." Sit there, stop, be yourself first, and begin from there.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Being Peace

“For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instant, and that the past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen

“[T]he joy of travel is not nearly so much in getting where one wants to go as in the unsought surprises which occur on the journey.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen

“When life is empty, with respect to the past, and aimless, with respect to the future, the vacuum is filled by the present - normally reduced to a hairline, a split second in which there is no time for anything to happen.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen