80 Quotes by Deng Ming-Dao

Death is not an ending. It is a transformation. Death is the threshold of this life. Beyond it is something else, some mystery.

We need faith, not because there are beings who will punish us or reward us, but because gods are a wonderful way of describing things that are happening to us.

It is said that if one chooses to pray to a rock with enough devotion, even that rock will come alive.

Life is a constant series of opportunities. If we don’t reach out for things, if we don’t take advantage of what comes our way, then we cannot be in harmony with the essential nature of life.

Turn your face to the sun, as flowers know how to do.

Things cannot forever go downward. There are limits to everything – even the cold, and the darkness, and the wind, and the dying.

Shared dining fortifies us.

Sharing the same meal reaffirms kinship.