"As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon as you intellectualize something, it is no longer what you saw." 
-Shunryu Suzuki

"If the problem has a solution, worrying is pointless, in the end the problem will be solved. If the problem has no solution, there is no reason to worry, because it can't be solved." 
-Zen Proverb

"If treacherous talk is constantly in your ears, and unwanted thoughts are constantly in your mind, you can turn these about and use them as whetstones to enhance your practice. If every word that came to your ears was agreeable, and all things in your mind were pleasant, then your whole life would be poisoned and wasted." 

-Ts'ai Ken T'an

"If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire."
-Thich Nhat Hanh

"The way of the sword and the Way of Zen are identical, for they have the same purpose; that of killing the ego." 

-Yamada Jirokichi

“No fear, no surprise, no hesitation, no doubt.” 

-Miyamoto Musashi

“Life is a miracle. We, all of us are creator beings. We are the joyful choice makers.” 

-Sakshi Chetana

“A Zen’s master life is one continuous mistake.”
-Dogen Zenji

"Do not search for anything outside, for all is idle dust, and you cannot discern the false from the true."
-Rinzai Gigen

"If you can give up your former knowledge and understanding, thus making your heart open, not keeping anything at all on your mind, so you experience a clear empty solidity where speech and thought do not apply, you will directly merge with the fundamental source, sinking into the infinite, spontaneously attaining inherent wisdom that has no attainment."
-Yuanwu

"Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life."
-Dogen Zenji

"Enlightenment is intimacy with all things." 
-Dogen Zenji

"Things are always changing, so nothing can be yours."
-Shunryu Suzuki

"The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher." 

-Chinese Proverb

"We do not learn by experience, but by our capacity for experience." 

-Gautama Buddha

"If you put your conditioned intellect to rest for a long time, suddenly it will be like the bottom fallin out of a bucket -- then you will naturally be happy and at peace."
-Yuanwu Keqin

“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.” 

-Alan Watts

“But isn't the knowledge that comes from experience more valuable than the knowledge that doesn't? It seems fairly obvious to some of us that a lot of scholars need to go outside and sniff around - walk through the grass, talk to the animals. That sort of thing.” 

-Benjamin Hoff

“All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.” 

-Deng Ming-Dao

"Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself." 

-Dogen