“Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.”

“A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.”

“A flower falls even though we love it. A weed grows even though we don't love it.”

“Treading along in this dreamlike, illusory realm,Without looking for the traces I may have left;A cuckoo's song beckons me to return home;Hearing this, I tilt my head to seeWho has told me to turn ...”

“Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.”

“Do not be concerned with the faults of other persons. Do not see others' faults with a hateful mind. There is an old saying that if you stop seeing others' faults, then naturally seniors and venera...”

“Religion (Dharma) begins with an obliging nature.”

“If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”

“Now I know what success is: living your truth, sharing it.”

“[W]hen you practise right meditation, you 'cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words and following speech, and learn the backward step that turns your light inwardly t...”

“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”