Skip to content

Discipline Quote by Dogen

“If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame…” quote by Dogen — Download Open image

“If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (7 ratings)

Discipline Fame Finding peace Findings Ifs Life Mind Peace Profit Psychology Self discipline

More by Dogen

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

Image

When a buddha is painted, not only a clay altar or lump of earth is used, but the thirty-two marks, a blade of grass,…

Image

Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.

Image

Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them,…

Image

Set aside all involvements and let the myriad things rest. Zazen is not thinking of good, not thinking of bad. It is not conscious…

Image

Though it has no thought of keeping watch, it's not for naught that the scarecrow stands in the grain field.

Image

Continuous practice, day after day, is the most appropriate way of expressing gratitude. This means that you practice continuously, without wasting a single day…

Image

Whenever learners or those beyond learning awaken the mind, for the first time they plant one buddha-nature. Working with the four elements and five…

Image

“If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”

Image

Realization doesn't destroy the individual any more than the reflection of the moon breaks a drop of water. A drop of water can reflect…

Image

“If you attain unsurpassable, complete enlightenment, all sentient beings also attain it. The reason is that all sentient beings are aspects of enlightenment.”

Image

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.

Image

Explore all 143 Dogen quotes

More Discipline quotes

Christianity was never meant to be defined by its disciplines, but by its passions.

Image

Grit and self-control are related, but they're not the same thing.

Angela Duckworth

Image

“Peace requires a discipline more iron than war. - Easter, 1939 ”

Image

You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation…

Image

Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then calling all…

Eugene H. Peterson

Image

Exercise teaches you the pleasure of discipline.

Image

I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.

Image

“I felt like praying or something, when I was in bed, but I couldn't do it. I can't always pray when I feel like…

Image

The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not being told he is naughty.” “Discipline is, therefore, primarily a…

Maria Montessori

Image

“Proverbs from the East: The wind howls, but the mountain remains still. Even though I make no special attempt to observe the discipline of…

Image

To behave creatively in art means behavior with skill; and skill comes from discipline, not derangement. The artist who knows the rules -and proportion…

Image

Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for…

Gary Ryan Blair

Image

Browse all 5,565 Discipline quotes