Dogen

We must always be disturbed by the truth.

When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.

Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either they too may not be right. Even if you believe them you should be alert so that in the event that something superior comes along you may follow that.

There are myriads of forms and hundreds of grasses throughout the entire earth yet each grass and each form itself is the entire earth.

Body and mind dropped off.

Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.

To escape from the world means that ones mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.

To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.

Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.

There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

I live by letting things happen.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.

The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.

When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.