Quotes About Wisdom

Studying the complexities of the mind may make you a good psychologist, but doing so won't take you beyond the mind, just as the study of madness isn't enough to create sanity.

I have lived with several Zen masters — all of them cats.

Spiritual awakening is awakening from the dream of thought.

I love the Buddha's simple definition of enlightenment as "the end of suffering." There is nothing superhuman in that, is there? Of course, as a definition, it is incomplete. It only tells you what enlightenment is not: no suffering. But what's left when there is no more suffering? The Buddha is silent on that, and his silence implies that you'll have to find out for yourself.

Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life.

You have it already. You just can't feel it because your mind is making too much noise.

Do you truly know what is positive and what is negative? Do you have the total picture? There have been many people for whom limitation, failure, loss, illness, or pain in whatever form turned out to be their greatest teacher. It taught them to let go of false self-images and superficial ego-dictated goals and desires. It gave them depth, humility, and compassion. It made them more real.

The reason why you don't put your hand in the fire is not because of fear, it's because you know you'll get burned. You don't need fear to avoid unnecessary danger.

Remember, your perception of the world is a reflection of your state of consciousness.

allow nature to teach you stillness

There is only one absolute Truth, and all other truths emanate from it.

Are you defending the truth? No, the truth, in any case, needs no defense.

Después, la gente venía ocasionalmente a mí y me decía: "Quiero lo que usted tiene. ¿Puede dármelo o mostrarme cómo lograrlo?" Y yo decía: "Usted ya lo tiene. Sólo que no puede sentirlo porque su mente hace demasiado ruido".

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free

El que enseña y el enseñado crean la enseñanza juntos".

Just as the sun is infinitely brighter than a candle flame, there is infinitely more intelligence in Being than in your mind.

dimension comes a different kind of knowing

the ultimate purpose of the world lies not within the world but in transcendence of the world.

The wider the time gap between perception and thought, the more depth there is to you as a human being[.]

there is no need to go elsewhere for the truth. Let me show you how to go more deeply into what you already have.

In Zen they say: "Don't seek the truth. Just cease to cherish opinions." What does that mean? Let go of identification with your mind. Who you are beyond the mind then emerges by itself.

Intellectual agreement is just another belief and won't make much difference to your life. To realize this truth, you need to live it.

The oak tree or the eagle would be bemused by such a question. "What time?" they would ask. "Well, of course, it's now. The time is now. What else is there?" Yes, we need the mind as well as time to function in this world, but there comes a point where they take over our lives, and this is where dysfunction, pain, and sorrow set in.

Enlightenment means rising above thought