A thousand secrets are hidden in simply sitting still.

- Karlfried Graf Durckheim

For the true student, everything that happens in daily life is a test.

- Karlfried Graf Durckheim

Belief is not truly belief while doubt can still touch it.

- Karlfried Graf Durckheim

Archery, fencing, spear fighting, all of the martial arts, tea ceremony, flower arranging...in all of these, correct breathing, correct balance, and …

- Karlfried Graf Durckheim

When you are on a journey, and the end keeps getting further and further away, then you realize that the real end is the journey.

- Karlfried Graf Durckheim

All the masters tell us that the reality of life - which our noisy walking consciousness prevents us from hearing - speaks to us chiefly in silence.

- Karlfried Graf Durckheim