War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace.
You can have money piled to the ceiling but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather.
Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.
The strong hands of God twisted the crown of thorns into a crown of glory; and in such hands we are safe.
The famous saying 'God is love', it is generally assumed, means that God is like our immediate emotional indulgence, not that the meaning of love ought to have something of the 'otherness' and terror of God
Unless devotion is given to the thing which must prove false in the end, the thing that is true in the end cannot enter.
Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and do not play when you are praying.
Zen has no theory. It is a non-theoretical approach into reality. It has no doctrine and no dogma - hence it has no church, no priest, no pope.
Such is life. It is no cleaner than a kitchen; it reeks like a kitchen; and if you mean to cook your dinner, you must expect to soil your hands; the real art is in getting them clean again, and therein lies the whole morality of our epoch.
The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!
Traveling is a bit of a push sometimes. When you're doing a lot of miles and you're doing a lot of shows, it does get wearing.