It is the rub that polishes the jewel,” Enso Roshi says. “Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever gets to heaven, without going through hell. The center of all things, the truth, is surrounded by demons.

Hatred never ceases with hatred, but with love alone is healed.

Let one who seeks not stop seeking until that person finds.

You necessarily have to be lost, before you’re found.

If you go to war with your mind, you will always be at war.

To hate the hate was just more hate; to reject the rejection was just more rejection; to judge the judging, just more judging.

Life gives you exactly what you need to awaken.

You will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken.

Let whatever happens, be what needs to happen, so that I may awaken.