Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.

The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both.

Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.