Memorable Zen Quotes

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"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few."
Shunryu Suzuki
"Just don’t be afraid to show your feelings for one another."
Thich Nhat Hanh
"Let everything that wants to go, go. Let everything that wants to come, come."
Eckhart Tolle
"When walking, walk. When eating, eat."
Zen Proverb
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
Søren Kierkegaard
"To know the road ahead, ask those coming back."
Chinese Proverb
"If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath."
Amit Ray
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"Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values."
Dalai Lama
"As long as you do not strive for more, you will have enough."
Zen Proverb
"Everything that you think is important, is unimportant compared to your own life."
Mooji
"Everything is connected, no one is alone."
Ram Dass
"Your very existence is a miracle."
Thich Nhat Hanh
"The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear."
Ram Dass
"In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher."
Dalai Lama
"You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather."
Pema Chödrön
"Your head is a room: Do not allow everyone to enter."
Rumi
"As soon as anyone starts telling you to be ‘realistic,’ cross that person off your invitation list."
John Eliot
"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment."
Georgia O'Keeffe
"What you seek is seeking you."
Rumi
"The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists."
Japanese Proverb
"Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final."
Rainer Maria Rilke
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"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."
Rumi
"The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people."
Unknown
"One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world, a transient illusion."
Yoko Ono
"Everything is connected. No one thing can change by itself."
Astrid Lindgren
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."
Cicero
"Do not be afraid to be who you are."
Unknown
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few."
Shunryu Suzuki
"Let go, or be dragged."
Zen Proverb
"Do not seek the truth; only cease to cherish opinions."
Seng-ts'an
"Life is a journey, not a destination."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart."
Buddha
"Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."
Buddha
"Not every experience in life is meant to be understood; some simply need to be realized."
Zen Proverb
"Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt."
St. Francis de Sales
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"Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home."
Basho
"If you want to know the road ahead, ask those coming back."
Chinese Proverb
"The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it."
Thich Nhat Hanh
"You cannot stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."
Jon Kabat-Zinn
"Awareness is the greatest agent for change."
Eckhart Tolle
"Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be."
Eckhart Tolle
"Inhale the future, exhale the past."
Unknown
"The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there."
Robert M. Pirsig
"As soon as anyone starts telling you to be 'realistic,' cross that person off your invitation list."
John Eliot
"Sometimes, you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory."
Dr. Seuss
"Do not dwell in the past; do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
Buddha
"The more you know, the less you understand."
Lao Tzu
"In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few."
Shunryu Suzuki
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The obstacle is the path."
Zen Proverb
"Wherever you are, be all there."
Jim Elliot
"Whatever you are, be a good one."
Abraham Lincoln
"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."
Confucius
"To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss."
Bodhidharma
"One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world."
Buddha
"Don't seek the truth, just drop your opinions."
Vasubandhu
"When you can’t find the truth and you’ve got lost, don’t forget the wisdom of not seeking that which is already lost."
Toko-pa Turner
"Seeing with eyes unclouded by want is to see the truth."
Zhuangzi
"Silence is a source of great strength."
Lao Tzu
"Your greatest teacher is your last mistake."
Robert Kiyosaki
"If you want to take the island, burn the boats."
Tony Robbins
"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have."
Eckhart Tolle
"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built."
Rumi
"Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine."
Henry David Thoreau
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
Buddha
"Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself."
Basho
"Let go or be dragged."
Zen Proverb
"The only thing that can make you suffer is your own thoughts."
Buddha
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
Buddha
"When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
Lao Tzu
"Wherever you go, there you are."
Jon Kabat-Zinn
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."
Lao Tzu
"Be like water, my friend."
Bruce Lee
"To find peace, surrender your attachment to things."
Thich Nhat Hanh
"You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop."
Rumi
"When you awaken, you will remember everything."
Zen Proverb
"The quieter you become, the more you can hear."
Ram Dass
"Forgiveness is letting go of the past."
Gerald Jampolsky
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
Leonardo da Vinci
"Be present in all things and thankful for all things."
Maya Angelou
"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."
Buddha
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Lao Tzu
"Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else."
Buddha
"Real freedom is the freedom to choose how you respond to the present moment."
Jon Kabat-Zinn
"In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you."
Deepak Chopra
"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."
Will Rogers
"The good life is a process, not a state of being."
Carl Rogers
"A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms."
Zen Proverb
"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go."
Rumi
"The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness."
Jon Kabat-Zinn
"Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality."
Robin Sharma
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