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Trying Quotes by Shunryu Suzuki
- When we have our body and mind in order, everything else will exist in the right place, in the right way. But usually, without being…
- When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything. The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everything.
- The mind we have when we practice zazen is the great mind: we don't try to see anything; we stop conceptual thinking; we stop emotional…
- When you are practicing zazen, do not try to stop your thinking. Let it stop by itself. If something comes into your mind, let it…
- Our practice should be based on the ideal of selflessness. Selflessness is very difficult to understand. If you try to be selfless, that is already…
- After you have practiced for a while, you will realize that it is not possible to make rapid, extraordinary progress. Even though you try very…
- If you try to observe the precepts, that is not true observation of precepts. When you observe the precepts without trying to observe the precepts,…
- Even though you try very hard, the progress you make is always little by little. It is not like going out in a shower in…
- If you understand real practice, then archery or other activities can be zen. If you don't understand how to practice archery in its true sense,…
- Even though you try to put people under control, it is impossible. You cannot do it. The best way to control people is to encourage…
More Trying Quotes
- In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. — Hannah Arendt
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- 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
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
- I try to work on shows that I would want to watch. — J. J. Abrams
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I'm sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas… — Andrea Arnold