Zen proverb Quotes

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

— Dogen

The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.

— Sengcan

To accept some idea of truth without experiencing it is like a painting of a cake on paper which you cannot eat.

— Shunryu Suzuki

When you get there, there isn't any there there.

— Gertrude Stein

Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.

— Zhuangzi

If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?

— Dogen

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.

— Zhuangzi

Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.

— Gautama Buddha

To follow the path look to the master follow the master walk with the master see through the master become the master.

— Sengcan

What is the sound of one hand?

— Hakuin Ekaku

No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself.

— Tilopa

The greatest effort is not concerned with results.

— Atisa

Zen phrase says The instant you speak about a thing you miss the mark.

— Fritjof Capra

“To say I woke up one day and reached a point where I no longer cared about the pains to befall me…

— L.M. Browning

“When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear —Zen proverb”

— Colleen Collins

All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.

— Gautama Buddha

Mind is everything. What we think, we become.

— Gautama Buddha