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Shunryu Suzuki Inspirational Quotes (108)

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How much 'ego' do you need? Just enough so that you don't step in front of a bus.
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When you do something, if you fix your mind on the activity with some confidence, the quality of your state of mind is the activity itself. When you are concentrated on the quality of your being, you are prepared for the activity.
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Christopher McCandless:I will miss you too, but you are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from the joy of human relationships. God's place is all around us, it is in everything and in anything we can experience. People just need to change the way they look at things.
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It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.
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When you are fooled by something else, the damage will not be so big. But when you are fooled by yourself, it is fatal. No more medicine.
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If it is raining out, do not walk fast, because it is raining everywhere.
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When you say, Wait a moment, you are bound by your karma when you say Yes I will, you are free.
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Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing.
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The secret of zen is just two words: not... always... so.
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.
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The purpose of our practice is just to be yourself.
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The more you practice zazen, the more you will be able to accept something as your own, whatever it is.
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