86 Quotes by Brad Warner

Sincerity in this case is not just honesty. It's something deeper than that. The word is used to indicate a state that is completely open and unaffected. It is us, as we truly are, without any attempt to disguise ourselves, even in the ways we usually disguise ourselves to ourselves.

The very idea of higher states of consciousness is absurd. Comparing one state of consciousness to another and saying one is "higher" and the other is "mundane" is like eating a banana and complaining it's not a very good apple.

What attracted me to Zen was my first teacher, Tim McCarthy. He was extremely genuine. It wasn’t even really a Zen thing, that sort of came along later.

Disappointment is just the action of your brain readjusting itself to reality after discovering things are not the way you thought they were.

The problem is the way we let our desires stand in the way of our enjoyment of what we already have.

Compassion is the ability to see what needs doing right now and the willingness to do it right now.

Do what you do as well as you possibly can. That’s Buddhist morality.

The real goal of Zen is to find a way of life that’s easy and undramatic. Strong attachments lead to upset and drama.

So I was first exposed to this guy Tim McCarthy, and he’s talking about Zen, but deeper than that he was a genuine person. I thought maybe he’s someone I can trust and follow this thing he’s talking about all the time.