Bernie Glassman

Look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.

— Bernie Glassman

When we go... to bear witness to life on the streets, we're offering ourselves. Not blankets, not food, not clothes, just ourselves.

— Bernie Glassman

I always have this red nose in my pocket, and if it looks like I'm taking things too seriously, or the person…

— Bernie Glassman

Each of is an arm of Kannon, enabling Kannon to do her work. Like her, we're also overwhelmed, but when we reallize…

— Bernie Glassman

The extraordinary language of Nonviolent Communication is changing how parents relate to children, teachers to students, and how we all related to…

— Bernie Glassman

Sometimes you come to a fall and sometimes you come to white water. Your rowing has to adapt to the situation. You…

— Bernie Glassman

I honor businesses for what they do, I honor nonprofits for what they do, I honor government for what it does, and…

— Bernie Glassman

Our tendency in life is to avoid things that frighten us. But in order to become whole, we need to go deeper…

— Bernie Glassman

Don't make a whole to-do about it. Don't get down on yourself be- cause you're not an expert rower; don't start reading…

— Bernie Glassman

An English philosopher said that whatever is cosmic is also comic. Do the best you can and don't take it so seriously.

— Bernie Glassman

When you care about perfection, you care about an expectation. But there is also caring for where I am right now, for…

— Bernie Glassman

When we don't ask, we don't let others give. When we fear rejection, we don't let generosity arise.

— Bernie Glassman

I always tell people that if you get upset over what someone says, imagine him or her with a clown's nose on…

— Bernie Glassman

“Covorul ăla lumina toată camera, nu-i așa?”

— Bernie Glassman

The pursuit of enlightenment is for the purpose of the world, not merely for the purpose of the individual. Practices for enlightenment…

— Bernie Glassman

Take the selfishness out of anger and you're left with determination.

— Bernie Glassman

It's very rare to be in a state where there's nothing in, where you have no attachment to any idea or concept…

— Bernie Glassman

When we bear witness, when we become the situation - homelessness, poverty, illness, violence, death - the right action arises by itself.…

— Bernie Glassman

“The more you learn, the more you know that you're not so hot.”

— Bernie Glassman

Let me give you a wonderful Zen practice. Wake up in the morning...look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.

— Bernie Glassman

In every area, working with what you habitually reject is one of the best ways to facilitate growth and transformation.

— Bernie Glassman

The basic problem, actually, is how to get rid of the idea that we're going to get rid of our problems. Only…

— Bernie Glassman

People get stuck a lot because they're afraid to act; in the worst case,...we get so attached to some end result that…

— Bernie Glassman

Our work may be important, but we don't take it too seriously. Otherwise, we get attached to one relatively small thing and…

— Bernie Glassman

“Îmi savurez cafeaua”

— Bernie Glassman