IRC-Galleria

"A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions."

"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."

"Stars you see at night have been dead longer than we've been alive... Knowing this are you willing to simply accept a mundane existence?"

(To be exact, for the most part, this is in fact not true, most of the stars you see in the night sky are within a few thousand light years from earth and are still very much alive, but I still appreciate the idea of this quote.)

"Judging someone doesn't define who they are. It defines who YOU are."

"I do not think the measure of a civilization is how tall its buildings of concrete are, but rather how well its people have learned to relate to their environment and fellow man."

"Ships are safe within the harbor, but is that what ships are for?"

"If you can't improve on silence, don't speak."

"First thought, best thought."

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."

"He who seeds a thought, harvests a destiny."

"When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live."

"An angry man catches no fish"

"Water and words... Easy to pour impossible to recover."

"We cannot see our reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see."

"To know the road ahead, ask those coming back."

"Although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes, it obstructs your vision."

"The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood."

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

"We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want."

"All day long some persons invoke Buddhas and read sutras... Ideally, you do not need to read sutras or invoke buddhas."

"Above speech and silence there is a way out."

"Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink."

"Nothing is exactly as it seems, nor is it otherwise."

"I hear, I forget. I see, I remember. I do, I understand."

"Ignore the brilliance of your intellect and return to the unconscious
vastness of unknowing."

"A student of Zen should learn how to read the love letters sent by the snow, the wind and the rain."

"The foolish reject what they see, not what they think. The wise reject what they think, not what they see."

"Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe."

"Moment after moment, everyone comes out from nothingness. This is the true joy of life."

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

"People are scared to empty their minds fearing that they will be engulfed by the void. What they don't realize is that their own mind is the void."

"When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish."

"Do you have the patience to wait till your mind settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself."

"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it."

"If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?"

"A gun gives you the body, not the bird."

"A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure."

"No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head."

"You never know what is enough, until you know what is more than enough."

"Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet."

"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers."

"You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into."

"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."

"What you discover in a democracy is that it is difficult to build a house when each nail has an opinion."

"One does what one is; one becomes what one does."

"A stumble may prevent a fall."

"Thinking is more interesting that knowing, but less interesting than looking."

"In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us."

"The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there."

"If you think you understand Quantum Mechanics, you don't..."

"Todellinen kysymys ei ole, ajattelevatko koneet, vaan ajatteleeko ihminen."

"Kaikki ovat hulluja mutta sitä, joka kykenee analysoimaan omat harhakuvitelmansa, sanotaan filosofiksi."

Such a pity.