“The obstacle is the path.”
“Hide your body in the Big Dipper.”
“The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.”
“Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions.”
“The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.”
“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.”
“Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then come back to life -- after that you cannot be deceived.”
“If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.”
“The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say We did it ourselves.”
“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.”
“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.”