"Zen purposes to discipline the mind itself, to make it its own master, through an insight into its proper nature. This getting into the real nature of one's own mind or soul is the fundamental object of Zen Buddhism. Zen, therefore, is more than meditation and Dhyana in its ordinary sense. The discipline of Zen consists in opening the mental eye in order to look into the very reason of existence."

-- D.T. Suzuki

#Nature Quotes #Real Quotes #Eye Quotes

“Failure is but the longer road to triumph.”
“Every act of disobedience committed due to passion, its forgiveness is hoped for.Â Every act of disobedience committed due to arrogance, its forgiveness is not hoped for because the root of Satanâ€™s disobedience was arrogance, whereas the root of Adamâ€™s lapse was passion.”
“Do not set out to make Mexican art, or American, Chinese, or Russian art. Think in terms of universality.”
“In fact, Western culture has spent decades drawing lines and boxes around interconnected phenomena. We've chunked the world into pieces rather than explored its webby nature.”
“When we build a public library, we don't have to pay to get in, but when we build a stadium, we have to pay the owner every time we go to a game.”
“I never took any theater lessons. So when I started to do movies, I was 14.”
“Are you ready to cut off your head and place your foot on it? If so, come; Love awaits you! Love is not grown in a garden, nor sold in the marketplace; whether you are a king or a servant, the price is your head, and nothing less. Yes, the cost of the elixir of love is your head! Do you hesitate? 0 miser, It is cheap at that price!”
“I've always made my own clothes since I was a little girl. I was a terrible sewer, but I was always cutting and customising.”

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