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• Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment. — John Bradshaw
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• Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is no affirmation… — Leonard Cohen
• Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making… — Taisen Deshimaru
• Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine. — Shunryu Suzuki
• Watermelons and Zen students grow pretty much the same way. Long periods of sitting till they ripen and grow all juicy inside,… — Peter Levitt
• After macrobiotics, Zen, and channeling, the "poor Vanishing Indian" is once more the subject of "deep and meaningful conversation" in the high… — Mary Brave Bird
• Those who sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen. — Shunryu Suzuki
• Zen martini: A martini with no vermouth at all. And no gin, either. — P.J. O'Rourke
• Golf is a spiritual game. It's like Zen. You have to let your mind take over. — Amy Alcott
• A Zen master, when asked where he would go after he died, replied, 'To Hell, for that's where help is needed most.' — Philip Kapleau
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