“We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.”
“If experience is life's best teacher then why do we have to learn by example?”
“The most important experiences a man can have are those that take him to the very limit; that is the only way we learn, because it requires all our courage.”
“The whole aim of Zen is not to make foolproof statements about experience, but to come to direct grips with reality without the mediation of logical verbalizing.”
“Lead by example, not by instruction.”
“The depth of learning is in direct relation to the intensity of the experience.”