Quotes of Shunryu Suzuki

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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.

- Shunryu Suzuki

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“ Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it is an everfixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand'ring bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken." (Sonnet 116) ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Willingness to show we are interested in our children’s needs takes the burden and worries off their minds. It shows compassion on our end, and it builds trust on their end. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ Growing up in wartorn country like South Sudan wasn't hard and unbearable, but I'm always thankful for the experiences I encountered; cos with them I had realized my full potential to walked in seek of change and make impact on lives of others. ”

- Luka J. Riek

“ There are no trips to your past that are free ”

- Michalopoulos Angelos

“ Tuhan kan nggak mungkin langsung sedekah ke orangorang, ya kalianlah sedekah duit kalau punya duit, sedekah ilmu, sedekah senyum. Masa sih kalau sudah gitu Tuhan gak bales cintamu? Tapi gak mungkin dia belaibelai langsung rambutmu, sentuh bibirmu. Maka Tuhan ciptakan “wakil”nya, yaitu pacarmu. Maka doalah, “Tuhan, semoga pacarku ini betulbetul orang yang kau pilihkan untukku. ”

- Sujiwo Tejo

“ Live a life of substance. The rest are mere fantasies. ”

- Pragnya Sahoo

“ Tomorrow I will run more courageously, more outrageously. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ For men, I think, love is a thing formed of equal parts lust and astonishment. The astonishment part women understand. The lust part they only think they understand. ”

- Stephen King

“ It takes courage to be honest and to work, while others play, cheat, sponge like parasites or are idle. There is value in the work that you choose to do, and you are an innately valuable person. ”

- Zita Steele

“ Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ A failure is always in the passenger seat in his or her life. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ I’ll hold you in my heart, till I can hold you in my arms. ”

- Unknown

“ When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. ”

- Eric Thomas

“ It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we're wrong is courage, not weakness. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. ”

- Robert Frost

“ Fear lies. Save love. ”

- Arif Naseem

“ ?Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ”

- Voltaire

“ Love people who hate you. Pray for people who have wronged you. It won’t just change their life…it’ll change yours. ”

- Mandy Hale

“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman

“ When we go into stillness we can hear our soul’s voice loud and clear. If we speak from our heart we share our soul’s melody with the world. ”

- Christina Goetz

“ Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something. ”

- Rainbow Rowell

“ You know her well. People are harder to sum up when you know them well. ”

- Veronica Roth

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ Finding the lesson behind every adversity will be the one important thing that helps get you through it. ”

- Roy T. Bennett