“The master Wen-yu summed it up when he answered a demand for the First Principle of Ch'an with, "If words could tell you, it would become the Second Principle.” — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“Only in formal meditation can there be the real beginning of understanding.” — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“At the evening gathering the Master addressed the assembly, saying: "Sometimes I take away man and do not take away the surroundings; sometimes I… — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“Words can point the way, but the path must be traveled in silence.” — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“Zen would have our perception of the world, indeed our very thoughts, be nonverbal.” — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“Contemplation of the movement and shifting composition of sea-waves is a useful symbolical approach; for, not only are the waves and the sea identical… — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“Cultivation is of no use for the attainment of Tao. The only thing that one can do is to be free of defilement. When… — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“. . . the ignorant and the simple minded, not knowing that the world is what is seen of Mind itself, cling to the… — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“Whereas the logical mode of thought can only manipulate the world view of given paradigm, intuition can inspire genuine creativity, since it is not… — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“Westerners view the physical world as the operative reality and the unseen, nonphysical world as an abstraction (comforting or not, depending upon our beliefs… — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“Aesthetic ideals emerging from Zen art focus heavily on naturalness, on the emphasis of man's relation to nature. The Zen artists, as do many… — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“The right pace, neither slow nor fast, cannot get into the hand unless it comes from the heart.” — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
