Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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One does not divine this by impressions or knowledge. What this means is that no matter how much you try to figure or calculate by means of impressions or knowledge, it will not prove the least bit useful. Therefore, separate yourself from the discrimination of figuring things out.

Takuan Soho's Popular Quotes

Consider the core of the mind to be a wagon, with willpower to be carried about in it. Push it to a place where there can be failure, and there will …

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Sever the edge between before and after.

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Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you'll miss the entire forest.

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When a person does not think, "Where shall I put it?" the mind will extend throughout the entire body and move to any place at all. . . . The effort …

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Zen is to have the heart and soul of a little child.

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When this No-Mind has been well developed, the mind does not stop with one thing nor does it lack any one thing. It appears appropriately when facing…

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It is the very mind itself that leads the mind astray - of the mind, do not be mindless

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Presumably, as a Martial artist, I do not fight for gain or loss, am not concerned with strength or weakness, and neither advance a step nor retreat …

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The Buddha and all sentient beings are not two.

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