Shallow water Quote by A.S. King

“the Zen masters always say that you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“So, without telling any of my Zen-snob buddies, I liked to pretend everything was the Pure Land, that my life was already perfect as…

— Jaimal Yogis

A true Zen saying: "Nothing is what I want.

— Frank Zappa

“Zen would have our perception of the world, indeed our very thoughts, be nonverbal.”

— Thomas Hoover

“unless you can explain Zen in words that a fisherman will comprehend, you don’t know what you’re talking about.”

— Jeff Bridges

“I guess Zen is a day like this when you are part of the air and remember things”

— Stephen Chbosky

“When you live a Zen lifestyle, you are living in tune with whatever it is that you are doing on a day-to-day basis, while…

— Alexis G. Roldan

Zen is the vehicle of reality.

— Jim Harrison

“ALRIGHT then, be a Zen monk. But you wait and see. You'll be happy and bright. You'll laugh. People will envy and ridicule you.…

— Lew Welch

“Feel the Zen, motherfuckers. (My personality, in a nutshell).”

— Anje Kruger

“Zen is above all a matter of personal experience. The student is asked to accept nothing the truth of which he cannot demonstrate for…

— Katsuki Sekida

“By emphasizing doubt rather than belief, perplexity rather than certainty, and questions rather than answers, Zen practice granted me the freedom to imagine.”

— Stephen Batchelor