Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.
Proverbs and old sayings Zen about contentment
When you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you float.
Proverbs and old sayings Zen about contentment
Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then come back to life -- after that you cannot be deceived.
Proverbs and old sayings Zen about contentment
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
Proverbs and old sayings Zen about contentment
Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung.
Proverbs and old sayings Zen about contentment
In studying the way, realizing it is hard; once you have realized it, preserving it is hard. When you can preserve it, putting it into practice is hard.
Proverbs and old sayings Zen about contentment
If you want a certain thing, you must first be a certain person. Once you are that certain person, obtaining that certain thing will no longer be a concern of yours.