To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

Il n'existe rien de constant si ce n'est le changement.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.