“Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.”

The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are.

To establish a heart for Heaven and Earth, to secure a destiny for the people, to carry on the lost teachings of the sages, to open peace for all generations to come.

No man was ever wise by chance.

The true way goes over a rope which is not stretched at any great height but just above the ground.

Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

A Zen master's life is one continuous mistake.

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.