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All Quotes by Shunryu Suzuki
- In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.... In the beginner's mind there is no thought, 'I have…
- You must be true to your own way until at last you actually come to the point where you see it is necessary to forget…
- All descriptions of reality are limited expressions of the world of emptiness. Yet we attach to the descriptions and think they are reality. That is a mistake.
- If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of experience you have…
- In the beginner's mind there is no thought, "I have attained something." All self-centered thoughts limit our vast mind. When we have no thought of…
- Because all existence is founded upon the ever-present state of union, everything already exists in a state of tranquility. However, this state of tranquility is…
- Christopher McCandless:"I will miss you too, but you are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from the joy of human…
- I discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has no form and…
- When you accept everything, everything is beyond dimensions. The earth is not great nor a grain of sand small. In the realm of Great Activity…
- While you are continuing this practice, week after week, year after year, your experience will become deeper and deeper, and your experience will cover everything…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle