"The rocks are where they are- and this……" — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
"The rocks are where they are- and this is their will. The rivers flow- and this is their will. The birds fly- this is their will. Human beings talk- this is their will. The seasons change, heaven sends down rain or snow, the earth occasionally shakes, the waves roll, the stars shine- each of them follows its own will. To be is to will and so is to become."
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Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
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43 Quotes by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
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Eternity is the Absolute present.
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You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves.
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I am an artist at living - my work of art is my life.
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When traveling is made too easy and comfortable, its spiritual meaning is lost. This may be called sentimentalism, but a…
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When mountain-climbing is made too easy, the spiritual effect the mountain exercises vanishes into the air.
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We teach ourselves; Zen merely points the way.
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The right art is purposeless, aimless! The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the…
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Fundamentally the marksman aims at himself.
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Art always has something of the unconscious about it.
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The greatest productions of art, whether painting, music, sculpture or poetry, have invariably this quality-something approaching the work of God.
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Life, according to Zen, ought to be lived as a bird flies through the air, or as a fish swims…
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Enlightenment is like everyday consciousness but two inches above the ground.
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