Zen Proverbs

Top Ten Zen Proverbs

• 10: If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?


• 9: So little time, so little to do.


• 8: Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook.


• 7: The quieter you become, the more you can hear.


• 6: If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.


• 5: When you get to the top of the mountain, keep climbing.


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


• 3: To set up what you like against what you do not like - this is the disease of the mind.


• 2: Nothing is exactly as it seems, nor is it otherwise.


• 1: Even a good thing is not as good as nothing.