Linji Quotes & Sayings

If you meet the Buddha, kill him. — Linji Yixuan

Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we want to resist the emotion that's there in front of us. I think there is always a catharsis that I look for and that makes the movie experience worthwhile. — Edward Zwick

As long as I live I'll never forget the time he had a bank president pinched, or rather I did, on no evidence whatever except that the fountain pen on his desk was dry. I was never so relieved in my life as when the guy shot himself an hour later. — Rex Stout

If You Meet The Buddha On The Road, Kill Him — Linji Yixuan

The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes. — John Stuart Mill

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on earth. — Linji Yixuan

You can live and learn, but you cannot learn to live. So just live. — A. J. McLean

Anybody who's had children knows this feeling of deep love. It's a selfless love, an unconditional love. And it makes you kind of examine everything that has happened. — Jennifer Lopez

Those who are nothing particular are noble people. Don't strive - just be ordinary. — Linji Yixuan

The moment a student blinks his eye, he's already way off. The moment he tries to think, he's already differed. The moment he arouses a thought, he's already deviated. But for the man who understands, it's always right there before his eyes. — Linji Yixuan

A bicultural upbringing is a rich but imperfect thing — Jhumpa Lahiri

The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face. — Linji Yixuan

If you try to grasp Zen in movement, it goes into stillness. If you try to grasp Zen in stillness, it goes into movement. It is like a fish hidden in a spring, drumming up waves and dancing independently. — Linji Yixuan

When it's time to get dressed, put on your clothes. When you must walk, then walk. When you must sit, then sit. Just be your ordinary self in ordinary life, unconcerned in seeking for Buddhahood. When you're tired, lie down. The fool will laugh at you but the wise man will understand. — Linji Yixuan

Holy Moses, if it's his natural scent, then he needs to bottle that spicy fragrance up, call it Orgasm, and sell it to the masses. — Elle Kennedy

We discover ourselves through others. — Carl Jung

When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean. — Linji Yixuan

Be a master everywhere and wherever you stand is your true place. — Linji Yixuan

I don't look at things in black and white. There are big gray areas. There's a lot of slippage. — Mark Bradford

For contemplation he and valour formed; / For softness she and sweet attractive grace, / He for God only, she for God in him: / His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule. — John Milton