Zen Quotes

331 quotes by 134 authors

Everything was coming together by coming apart . . . It is the most difficult Zen practice to leave people to their destiny, even though… — Anne Lamott
Zen cuts straight through the Quidditch match in progress and almost gets taken down by a Beater hurling a Nerf quaffle right at his machopartes. — Megan McCafferty
What are you, Zen Master Fang? — Charlaine Harris
There is no one way to salvation, whatever the manner in which a man may proceed. All forms and variations are governed by the eternal… — Miyamoto Musashi
You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his own studio. So… — Twyla Tharp
Be calm. Be Zen. You are Buddha. — James Patterson
Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.â€ â€œSir?â€ â€œIt seems that you have managed to retain this… — Terry Pratchett
Jared had his back to the wall, which Kami thought was a reflex when he was uncomfortable. She wanted to shield him. â€œHe was doing… — Sarah Rees Brennan
He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving. This was largely because of his method of â€œZenâ€ navigation, which was simply to find… — Douglas Adams
I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats. — Eckhart Tolle
The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfection. — Tara Brach
Let me give you a wonderful Zen practice. Wake up in the morning...look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself. — Bernie Glassman
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. — Zhuangzi
Zen in it's essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom. — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
I love jeans and T-shirts, but for red carpets, I like Oscar de la Renta, who is timeless. Marchesa celebrates the female form in an… — Serinda Swan
Well, I believe life is a Zen koan, that is, an unsolvable riddle. But the contemplation of that riddle - even though it cannot be… — Tom Robbins
You prep, you prep, you prep. And on the day that you film, you let all of that go. I try to achieve emptiness as… — Jeff Bridges
Whether you are a genius or an idiot, a thief or, like me, a Zen priest who has cultivated the mind for 30 years -… — Zoketsu Norman Fischer
I read a lot of Zen books. And I grew up surfing, so that has always been my escape. — Liam Hemsworth
We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon. But a little… — Barry Ritholtz

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