30 Funny Zen Quotes That Will Make Your Day Full of Laughter

16. “If a man’s thoughts are muddy, If he is reckless and full of deceit, How can he wear the yellow robe? Whoever is master of his own nature, Bright, clear and true, He may indeed wear the yellow robe.” – Buddha

17. “Too lazy to be ambitious, I let the world take care of itself. Ten days’ worth of rice in my bag; a bundle of twigs by the fireplace. Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment? Listening to the night rain on my roof, I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out.” – Ryōkan

18. “You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha

19. “Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.”– Shunryu Suzuki

20. “Each morning, we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” ― Buddha

21. “Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.”- Huang Po

22. “Awareness is the greatest agent for change.”– Eckhart Tolle

23. “The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.”– Koun Yamada

24. “To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.” – Thich Nhat Hạnh

25. “The feeling that any task is a nuisance will soon disappear if it is done in mindfulness.” – Thich Nhat Hahn

26. “Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.”– Zen Proverb

27. “When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish.” – Huang Po

28. “The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.” – Confucius

29. “All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.” – Eckhart Tolle

30. “To accept some idea of truth without experiencing it is like a painting of a cake on paper which you cannot eat.” – Suzuki Roshi