The world is its own magic.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.

Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!

The world is its own magic.

Discipline is creating the situation.

Everything is perfect and there is always room for improvement.

If you cannot bow to Buddha, you cannot be a Buddha. It is arrogance.

If you think your body and mind are two, that is wrong; if you think that they are one, that is also wrong. Our body and mind are both two and one.

If your mind is empty, it is ready for anything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.

There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen.

We must exist right here, right now!

When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. Unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

The true practice of meditation is to sit as if you were drinking water when you are thirsty.

In our practice, we have no particular purpose or goal, nor any special object of worship.

Our life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact we have no fear of death anymore, and we have no actual difficulty in our life.

Zen practice is to open up our small mind.

Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.

When you do something you should burn yourself up completely like a good bonfire leaving no trace of yourself.

Zen is not some kind of excitement but concentration on our usual everyday routine.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately although it is true it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience we suffer.

To give your sheep or cow a large spacious meadow is the way to control him.

Hell is not punishment its training.

Life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore, nor actual difficulty in our life.

You are perfect as you are and there is always room for improvement.

There should not be any particular teaching. Teaching is in each moment.

A tiger does not ignore or slight any small animal. The way he catches a mouse and catches and devours a cow are the same.

Hell is not punishment, it's training.

Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new.

It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.

It seems inevitable that the magic of the written word will fade.

I love the magic of the studio.

The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

Residuals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything.

Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics.

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.

The first time I sang with David Daniels... I had never performed with a countertenor before. That first time was magic, it was so beautiful. And he's such a great artist.

Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

Movies are like magic tricks.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.