Running water Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is. Which Zen guy said "If you want to drown, do not…

— A.S. King

Like the moon on the water, in a way. When you confront a Zen master, what you're really seeing are not his limitations but…

— Pico Iyer

“The eyes of another can be a mirror more effective than water. If you will look at me, I can see my reflection in…

— Cassandra Clare

“I have lived with several Zen masters — all of them cats. Even ducks have taught me important spiritual lessons. Just watching them is…

— Eckhart Tolle

“unless you can explain Zen in words that a fisherman will comprehend, you don’t know what you’re talking about.”

— Jeff Bridges

“There is an old Zen saying about seeing the moon's reflection in a pond. If the surface of the pond is agitated and full…

— Eve Adamson

“The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as…

— Shunryū Suzuki

“Zen is above all a matter of personal experience. The student is asked to accept nothing the truth of which he cannot demonstrate for…

— Katsuki Sekida

“Overall, the goal of Zen Meditation is to see things for what they really are. This includes yourself and the world around you.”

— Ian Tuhovsky

“Zen is the practice of being still, while doing what we do in our lives, so that we are focused and connected with what…

— David Carlyle

The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

— D.T. Suzuki