When the cart doesn't move, do you goad the cart or the ox?

“When there is silence, Give your voice. When there is darkness, Shine your light. When there is desperation, Offer hope.”

— Tim Fargo

“Jimmy Murray, you are an ass,' said Aunt Ruth, angrily. 'Well, we're cousins,' agreed Cousin Jimmy pleasantly.”

— L.M. Montgomery

“Such kindness wasn't a gift but a goad, scraping against one's skin like a yoke of thorns. She would have preferred him stiff, defensive,…

— Lauren Willig

“[Y]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive.”

— Steven L. Peck

“Activities such as chanting, bowing, and sitting in zazen are not at all wasted, even when done merely formally, for even this superficial encounter…

— Francis Harold Cook

You prep, you prep, you prep. And on the day that you film, you let all of that go. I try to achieve emptiness…

— Jeff Bridges

“Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make…

— Shunryu Suzuki

“Buddhist philosophy points out that the true nature of all forms is essentially formless. Forms do not have an existence of their own, but…

— Joseph P. Kauffman

“Your judgments about another person say more about your own character than the character of the person you are pointing a finger at. This…

— Alaric Hutchinson

“Don't think of what you have to do, don't consider how to carry it out!" he exclaimed. "The shot will only go smoothly when…

— Eugen Herrigel

“According to Zen Buddhists, all things have their existence in The Void. The Void is that which is no-thing, but contains all things within…

— Joseph P. Kauffman

“Everything we perceive to be solid and static is made up of almost entirely empty space.”

— Joseph P. Kauffman

Cooking is one of the most zen things - you have to be there.

— Roy Choi

“50 Zen, read shit… BECOME MASTER!”

— Deyth Banger

What I would say to filmmakers, if I may be so bold or so arrogant, is to draw inspiration from other filmmakers, but go…

— Lawrence Bender