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Shunryu Suzuki has 132 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.
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When you say, "Wait a moment," you are bound by your karma; when you say "Yes I will," you are free.
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If enlightenment comes first, before thinking, before practice, your thinking and your practice will not be self-centered. By enlightenment I mean believing…
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Happiness is sorrow; sorrow is happiness. There is happiness in difficulty; difficulty in happiness. Even though the ways we feel are different,…
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The best way to control cow and sheep is to give them a big grazing field.
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Those who sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen.
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The true practice to meditation is to sit as if you where drinking water when you are thursty.
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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…
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When my master and I were walking in the rain, he would say, 'Do not walk so fast, the rain is everywhere.'
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As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon as you intellectualize something, it is no longer…
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When we have our body and mind in order, everything else will exist in the right place, in the right way. But…
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If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude. Even though you observe just one…
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With regard to narrow passes, if you can occupy them first, let them be strongly garrisoned and await the advent of the…
— Sun Tzu
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To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.
— Charles J. Givens
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Forgive yourself first. Let go of past hurts and direct your spirit to goodness and hope by having gratitude.
— Janet Taylor Spence
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When there are no avenues of escape or one is caught even before any attempt to escape can be made, then for…
— Gichin Funakoshi
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First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean…
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Infinite power of the spirit, brought to bear upon matter evolves material development, made to act upon thought evolves intellectuality, and made…
— Swami Vivekananda
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First let a man teach himself, and then he will be taught by others.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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First let a little love find entrance into their hearts, and the rest will follow.
— Philip Neri
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Two things help to keep one's job. First, let the boss think he's having his own way. Second, let him have it.
— Sam Ewing
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My philosophy is that once you get people compelled enough to sit down and play the game, the whole way you make…
— Richard Garriott
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Before you can move in new directions, you must first let go of what's not working for you.
— Alberto Villoldo
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If you want to reach out for something new, you must first let go of what’s in your hand.
— Sonia Choquette
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