This Week…

“You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down.”
–Bateke Proverb

“Patience can cook a stone.”
–Fula Proverb

“A man who makes trouble for others is almost making trouble for himself.”
–Chinua Achebe

“If you think desire ends with union, look at the wave; see how restless it is even in the bosom of the ocean.” 
–Ghalib

“Do not seek for the truth, only stop having an opinion.”
–SENG-TS’AN

“This will never come again.” 
–Steve Hagen

“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