“Embrace nothing:If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha.If you meet your father, kill your father.Only live your life as it is,Not bound to anything.”

“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. ”

“Muichi Motsu: "Hold nothing": If you meet Buddha, kill Buddha. If you meet the patriarchs, kill the patriarchs. Free of all, bound by nothing, you live your life simply as it is”

“The greatest prayer is patience.”

“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.”

“There isn't enough darkness in all the world to snuff out the light of one little candle.”

“There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.”