“Only in formal meditation can there be the real beginning of understanding.” — Thomas Hoover Learning 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;… — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“Words can point the way, but the path must be traveled in silence.” — Thomas Hoover Journey Copy Share Image
“Zen would have our perception of the world, indeed our very thoughts, be nonverbal.” — Thomas Hoover Philosophy of Mind 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… — Thomas Hoover Single moment 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… — Thomas Hoover Life Copy Share Image
“. . . the ignorant and the simple minded, not knowing that the world is what is seen of Mind itself, cling… — Thomas Hoover Life 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… — Thomas Hoover Creativity 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… — Thomas Hoover Inner spirit 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… — Thomas Hoover Art 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
“A good cook changes his knife once a year because he cuts, while a mediocre cook has to change his every month… — Thomas Hoover Once a year Copy Share Image
“The master Wen-yu summed it up when he answered a demand for the First Principle of Ch'an with, "If words could tell… — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“There is nothing difficult about the Great Way But, avoid choosing! Only when you neither love nor hate, Does it appear in… — Thomas Hoover Love Copy Share Image
“Quietistic meditation is easier, naturally, but a person who practices it will turn out to be just as insecure and petty as… — Thomas Hoover Meditation Copy Share Image
“There is nothing lacking in you, and you yourself are no different from the Buddha. There is no way of achieving Buddhahood… — Thomas Hoover Psychology Copy Share Image
“There's no escaping the Taoist adage, "Those who speak do not know, those who know do not speak.” — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“the only way to really understand the message is to stop trying to "understand" it.” — Thomas Hoover Stop trying Copy Share Image
“It's funny, but after you break up a family, no matter how dysfunctional, you start repressing the bad memories. But then something… — Thomas Hoover Bad memories Copy Share Image
“One of the major insights of Zen is that the world should be perceived directly, not as an array of embodied names.” — Thomas Hoover Wisdom Copy Share Image
“When we act on our spontaneous judgment, we are almost always better off.” — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
“(Only in a spontaneous utterance is there real, uncalculated evidence of enlightenment.)” — Thomas Hoover Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Being natural means to exist spontaneously without having to take any action.” — Thomas Hoover Nature Copy Share Image
