"Our way to practice is one step at a time, one breath at a time."
-Shunryu Suzuki

"The beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless." 

-Shunryu Suzuki

"When you are just you, without thinking or trying to say something special, just saying what is on your mind and how you feel, then there is naturally self-respect." 
-Shunryu Suzuki

"Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer."

-Shunryu Suzuki

"If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few." 
-Shunryu Suzuki

"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

"Nothing outside yourself can cause any trouble. You yourself make the waves in your mind. If you leave your mind as it is, it will become calm."
-Shunryu Suzuki

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

"Be humble: In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few."
-Shunryu Suzuki

"It is a big mistake to think that the best way to express yourself is to do whatever you want, acting as you please. This is not expressing yourself. If you know what to do exactly, and you do it, then you can express yourself fully."
-Shunryu Suzuki

"The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes. Zen practice is to open up our small mind."
-Shunryu Suzuki

"The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet."
-Shunryu Suzuki

“I discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has no form and no color--something which exists before all forms and colors appear... No matter what god or doctrine you believe in, if you become attached to it, your belief will be based more or less on a self-centered idea.”

-Shunryu Suzuki