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> [Whether you are a genius or an idiot, a thief or, like me, a Zen priest who has cultivated the mind for 30 years - the mind anyway is subject to conditions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoketsu-norman-fischer/whether-you-are-a-genius-or-an-idiot-a-thief-or-like-me-a-zen-priest/)

[Zoketsu Norman Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoketsu-norman-fischer/)

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## More by Zoketsu Norman Fischer

> [The student ends up lusting after time with the teacher, hanging on her every word, and forgetting that this is about him or her,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoketsu-norman-fischer/the-student-ends-up-lusting-after-time-with-the-teacher-hanging-on/)

[Zoketsu Norman Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoketsu-norman-fischer/)

> [When we know something and rest in that knowing we limit our vision. We will only see what our knowing will allow us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoketsu-norman-fischer/when-we-know-something-and-rest-in-that-knowing-we-limit-our-vision/)

[Zoketsu Norman Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoketsu-norman-fischer/)

> [Whether you are a genius or an idiot, a thief or, like me, a Zen priest who has cultivated the mind for 30 years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoketsu-norman-fischer/whether-you-are-a-genius-or-an-idiot-a-thief-or-like-me-a-zen-priest/)

[Zoketsu Norman Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoketsu-norman-fischer/)

> [We all need to have a creative outlet - a window, a space - so we don't lose track of ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoketsu-norman-fischer/we-all-need-to-have-a-creative-outlet-a-window-a-space-so-we-don-t/)

[Zoketsu Norman Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoketsu-norman-fischer/)

> [Years ago I went to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and did what all tourists there do: wrote some words on a scrap of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoketsu-norman-fischer/years-ago-i-went-to-the-wailing-wall-in-jerusalem-and-did-what-all/)

[Zoketsu Norman Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoketsu-norman-fischer/)

> [There may be a long list of things to do, but really, there is just one thing on the list at any time. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoketsu-norman-fischer/there-may-be-a-long-list-of-things-to-do-but-really-there-is-just-one/)

[Zoketsu Norman Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoketsu-norman-fischer/)

> [Okay, here is the uplifting part: Your life isn't and has never been about you…about what you accomplish, how successful you are or are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoketsu-norman-fischer/okay-here-is-the-uplifting-part-your-life-isn-t-and-has-never-been/)

[Zoketsu Norman Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoketsu-norman-fischer/)

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