The truth of Zen, just a little bit of it, is what turns one's humdrum life, a life of monotonous, uninspiring commonplaceness, into one of art, full of genuine inner creativity.
When we start to feel anxious or depressed, instead of asking, "What do I need to get to be happy?" The question becomes, "What am I doing to disturb… - D.T. Suzuki
When we start to feel anxious or depressed, instead of asking, "What do I need to get to be happy?" The question becomes, "What am I doing to disturb…
- D.T. Suzuki
Great works are done when one is not calculating and thinking. - D.T. Suzuki
Great works are done when one is not calculating and thinking.
The more you suffer the deeper grows your character, and with the deepening of your character you read the more penetratingly into the secrets of lif… - D.T. Suzuki
The more you suffer the deeper grows your character, and with the deepening of your character you read the more penetratingly into the secrets of lif…
The waters are in motion, but the moon retains its serenity. - D.T. Suzuki
The waters are in motion, but the moon retains its serenity.
We have two eyes to see two sides of things, but there must be a third eye which will see everything at the same time and yet not see anything. That … - D.T. Suzuki
We have two eyes to see two sides of things, but there must be a third eye which will see everything at the same time and yet not see anything. That …
Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities. - D.T. Suzuki
Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.
To live - is that not enough? - D.T. Suzuki
To live - is that not enough?
When traveling is made too easy and comfortable, its spiritual meaning is lost. This may be called sentimentalism, but a certain sense of loneliness … - D.T. Suzuki
When traveling is made too easy and comfortable, its spiritual meaning is lost. This may be called sentimentalism, but a certain sense of loneliness …
Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the b… - D.T. Suzuki
Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the b…
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