“A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.”

Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.

To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.

You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.

Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.

Do not be amazed by the true dragon.

Practice and enlightenment are not two.

Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.

If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.

Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.

There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.

In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.

Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.

When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.

One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.

I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.

Fools fall in love, wise rise in it.

Underestimating someone for something is making a fool of yourself without knowing.

Silence is the best reply to a fool.

Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.

If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.

Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.