This Week…

“A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, ‘Why is there so much suffering?’ Suzuki Roshi replied, ‘No reason.’ ” 
–Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, Author of “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind”

“Where there are humans,
You’ll find flies,
And Buddhas.”
–Kobayashi Issa

“It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean.”
―Jon J. Muth

“I have lived with several Zen masters — all of them cats.”
–Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

“Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.”
–Meister Eckhart

“To Do Today, 1/17/08
1. Sit and think
2. Reach enlightenment
3. Feed the cats” 
―Jarod Kintz, I Should Have Renamed This

“Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that’s exactly the way we want it to be.” 
–Bob Dylan

“Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar.” 
–Jim Butcher, Dead Beat

“You need to leave the table when love is no longer being served.”
–Nina Simone 

“If the audience members didn’t laugh, it wasn’t funny. If they didn’t gasp, it wasn’t surprising. If they did not sit forward in their seats, it wasn’t suspenseful.”
–David Mamet