Meditation increases your vitality and strengthens your intelligence... your mental clarity and health improve. You acquire the patience and fortitude to face any problem in life. So, meditate! Only through meditation will you find the treasure you are seeking.

Faith, Waiting in the heart of a seed, Promises a miracle of life which cannot prove at once.

Life without zazen is like winding your clock without setting it. It runs perfectly well, but it doesn't tell time.

In the final analysis, we count for something only because of the essential that we embody. If we do not embody that, life is wasted.

What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change.

Those who call me God, will fall into the deep pit of hell. Regard me as one of his slaves and have no doubt whatever about it. I am a servant of the Supreme Being; and have come to behold the wonderful drama of life.

Life will show you masks that are worth all your carnivals.

There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind.

Life is a beautiful song. Open your heart and rejoice in its melody.

A spiritually established life is not an easy task. But a materially satisfied life is an impossible task.

He who with sincerity seeks his real purpose in life is himself sought by that purpose.

The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.

Trust life, even if you cannot trust people. For human nature is unreliable, but life itself is ruled by immutable law. Right action leads always, in the end, to victory.

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

Whether one has wealth or not, no treasure exceeds the one called life.

The one thing to rely upon is God's favor. Do not build either on your study or on your meditation, although they both help you. But you are dependent on God, not even on your murshid. Seek Him, trust Him. In Him lies your life's purpose, and in Him is hidden the rest of your soul.

The nature of life is such that if you allow it to flow, life is a beautiful experience. If you hold back, it becomes misery.

Give your life to the one who already owns your breath and your moments.

Being rich is an obstacle to loving. When you are rich, you want to continue to be rich, and so you end up devoting all your time, all your energy, in your daily life to stay rich.

Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best of your ability, even at the cost of life itself. In short: Act so that you have no cause to be ashamed of yourselves and hold fast to this rule.

To program the calories you must consume and the number of hours you must sleep is a foolish way to handle life.

Happiness is reverence for all life.

God is the center of everything. When we truly, honestly strive to make Him the goal of our life, God will be pleased with our endeavor even if we fail. He will give us all help, and even in the difficulties we endure in the process, He will bring us closer and closer to Him.