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Zen is all-inclusive. It never denies, it never says no to anything; it accepts everything and transforms it into a higher reality.

He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world--making the most of one's best.

Do not judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Whenever we see any disagreements, we must think how to solve them on basis of recognition of oneness of the entire humanity.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.

The most important part of you is your mind (not your brain - the brain is the hardware and the mind creates the software). Care for your mind, make friends with it, always feed it healthy food, engage it in positive activity, exercise it with knowledge and wisdom. Like a garden returns fragrance and beauty according to the care invested, so your mind will repay you with thoughts, ideas and visions of great beauty when tended and invested with care. Your mind is not made of matter but it does matter what you give it and what you create with it. Where your mind goes, you go. What your mind creates becomes your destiny.

Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

There is only this moment... so enjoy it totally.

Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what is known about the way the world works.

There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies?

If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.