We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.

Hermann Hesse

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

Beverly Sills

Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future.

Arnold H. Glasgow

Zen in it's essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.

D.T. Suzuki

A life that is defended by excuses has become comfortable in defeat, it has settled for mediocrity and is destined for failure.

Oscar Bonga Nomvete

Zen has no business with ideas.

D.T. Suzuki