1,214 Quotes About Zen

Here, then, is the last moment of true perception, a man fishing in a red jacket and a cloudy sky reflected on opaque water.

Amazingly, we take for granted that instinct for survival, fear of death, must separate us from the happiness of pure and uninterpreted experience, in which body, mind, and nature are the same. This retreat from wonder, the backing away like lobsters into safe crannies, the desperate instinct that our life passes unlived, is reflected in proliferation without joy, corrosive money rot, the gross befouling of the earth and air and water from which we came.

When you change the way you feel, it changes the way you think. When you change the way you think, you change the way you deal with everything in life.

Dwelling on the past is like dragging a boat over dry land.

The expensive car you bought doesn’t matter, but the way you treated the salesman did.

Sometimes you’re going to shine like the sun; sometimes you’re going to crumble to pieces. Either way, it’s okay.

It’s about letting yourself feel, but not wallow; it’s about leaning into love, not fear, as the preferred force in your life.

When the ego is in the driver’s seat, we judge. When our spirit, our authentic self, is in control, we practice listening (without judging), compassion, and love.

You know that you won’t remain Centered all the time, and it is a normal part of human life to drift left or right of Center sometimes.