Zen Quotes

331 quotes by 134 authors

I steeled myself for the next response. I knew it was going to be one of the Zen life lessons. [...] Instead he kissed me. — Richelle Mead
HELLO! Look at me. HELLO! I am so ZEN. This is BLOOD. This is NOTHING. Hello. Everything is nothing, and it's so cool to be… — Chuck Palahniuk
The word impossible contains the word possible' What's that-- some Zen thing?' I think Star Trek. Mr. Spock. — Dean Koontz
Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Do not do that again," he said stiffly. "Don't kiss me back then," I retorted. He stared at me for what seemed like forever. "I… — Richelle Mead
But when you're in front of an audience and you make them laugh at a new idea, you're guiding the whole being for the moment.… — George Carlin
Did I ever mention I used to be a delivery driver too? I was. I can read a map. Whatâ€™s more, using a brilliant mixture… — Patrick Rothfuss
But the transformation of consciousness undertaken in Taoism and Zen is more like the correction of faulty perception or the curing of a disease. It… — Alan Watts
I didn't mean for you to take that the wrong way," He said abruptly. Mae stared at him in amazement. So, for that matter, did… — Sarah Rees Brennan
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet. — Nhat Hanh
I just had to stay cool. Zen. No punching in the face. Punching would not be Zen. — Ilona Andrews
I felt I was drawing close to that age, that place in life, where you realize one day what you'd told yourself was a Zen… — Roland Merullo
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun. — Alan Watts
I nudged myself closer to the ledge and closed my eyes and thought 'Oh what a life this is, why do we have to be… — Jack Kerouac
Zen Hugs - the hugs that you would get, if we were there, if we could hug you, but we aren't, and we can't. — Mercedes Lackey
The secret of this kind of climbing, is like Zen. Don't think. Just dance along. It's the easiest thing in the world, actually easier than… — Jack Kerouac
The story of the Zen Master whose only response was always "Is that so?" shows the good that comes through inner nonresistance to events, that… — Eckhart Tolle
Hornergy' is Zen's term for the indomitable athletic edge powered by sexual restraint. The basketball, baseball and football teams haven't had a winning season in… — Megan McCafferty
Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions… — Edward Abbey
Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than… — Alan Watts

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