Zen Proverbs Quotes Sayings Collection | Quotsagram

Obstacles do not block the path, they are the path.

Change how you see and see how you change.

Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark.

In Zen, we don't find the answers.We lose the questions.

Let go or be dragged.

Water which is too pure has no fish.

When you get there, there isn't any there there.

Words are the fog one has to see through.

Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.

The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are and to let everything go as it goes.

Knowledge is learning something everyday. Wisdom is letting go of something everyday.

He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

The only zen you find at the top of the mountain is the zen you bring with you.

Understanding nothingness takes time.

Joy comes from appreciation. Appreciation comes from paying attention. Paying attention is the practice of Zen.

Sometimes, simply by sitting, the soul collects wisdom.

Consider the trees which allow the birds to perch and fly away without either inviting them to stay or desiring them never to depart. If your heart can be like this, you will be near to the way.

If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?

No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.

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Eat less to sleep more.

A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life.

The best answer will come from the person who is not angry.

Do not eat your bread on somebody else’s table.

A secret is like a dove: when it leaves my hand it takes wing.

Forgetting is the plague of knowledge.

Wealth comes like a turtle, and runs away like a gazelle.

Winds blow counter to what the ship wants.

A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.

Go with the lesser of two evils.

A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends.

Get together like brothers, but work together like strangers.

Be patient and you’ll get what you want.

The wisest is the one who can forgive.

Visit rarely, and you will be more loved.

If you’re unable to reward, then make sure to thank.

An envious person is the unhappiest.

Avoid the company of liars, but if you can’t, don’t believe them.

Anger begins with madness, but ends in regret.

Every sun has to set.

Time is made of gold.

Wishing does not make a poor man rich.

Lying is a disease, and truth is a cure.

Lack of intelligence is the greatest poverty.

Arrogance is a weed that grows mostly on a dunghill.

Falseness lasts an hour, the truth lasts until the end of time.

There’s always tomorrow.

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When the winds of change blows, some people build walls and others build windmills.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant trees. If you plan for 100 years, educate mankind.

Dig the well before you are thirsty.

Pearls don’t lie on the seashore. If you want one, you must dive for it.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

A single conversation with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books.

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

A bird does not sing because he has the answer to something, he sings because he has a song.

If your mind is strong, all difficult things will become easy. If your mind is weak, all easy things will become difficult.

Tension is who you think you should be, relaxation is who you are.

Opportunity knocks at the door only once.

Be not afraid of growing slowly; Be afraid only of standing still.

A fool judges people by the presents they give him.

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

Control your emotions or they will control you.

A bad word worshiped will echo a hundred miles.

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Speak highly of the lake, but stay on the bank.

A woman’s beauty cannot warm a winter’s night.

Work and you will be strong; sit and you will rot.

The word 'enough' does not exist for water, fire and women.

A crow will never be a falcon.

A friendly word is better than a heavy cake.

Who laughs at you also cries for you.

No matter how hard you try, a bull will never give milk.

A hungry wolf is stronger than a satisfied dog.

Fatter the flea, leaner the dog.

Love will find a way. Indifference will find an excuse.

Fire starts with sparks.

You don’t really see the world if you only look through your window.

If the devil is powerless, send him a woman.

There are no old friendships in business.

Who gives in need, gives double.

An apple is never far from the apple tree.

Either dance well or start drinking.

Drink a glass of wine after your soup and you are stealing a ruble from the doctor.

The devil likes to hide behind a cross.

The cock won’t do it, unless the hen asks for it.

Every disadvantage has its advantage.

Luck always seems to be against the man who depends on it.

With patience, it is possible to dig a well with a teaspoon.

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A misty morning may become a clear day.

A close mouth catches no fleas.

Luck never gives; it only lends.

There’s no medicine for fear.

War makes thieves, and peace hangs them.

Better be ill spoken of by one, before all, than by all before one.

The day has eyes, the night has ears.

He’s the slave of all slaves who serves none but himself.

A bold foe is better than a cowardly friend.

Nobody can serve two masters.

If you don’t see the bottom, don’t wade.

A light purse makes a heavy heart.

Beggars can’t be choosers.

When wine sinks words swim.

A table without bread is not a table, but bread is a table on its own.

A plump widow needs no advertisement.

Self-assurance is two thirds of success.

Never take a wife till you know what to do with her.

A tale never loses in the telling.

What we learn first, we know best..

Three things come without being wanted, age, love, and rheumatism.

A bad reaper never gets a good sickle.

They who dance must pay the fiddler.

Never draw your dirk when a blow will do it.

A man’s best fortune or his worst is a wife.

A shored tree stands long.

Often has a shoemaker’s wife had bad shoes.

A fool may earn money, but it takes a wise man to keep it.

Praise the fine day in the evening.

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The medicine that hurts the most is generally the best healer.

Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves.

Better half hanged, than ill married.

A day to come seems longer than a year that’s gone.

Married folk are like rats in a trap; fain to get others in, but fain to be out themselves.

A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.

Be a friend to yourself and others will.

A great boaster is rarely a great performer.

Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free.

Never let your feet run faster than your shoes.

He who marries a chicken, soon gets henpecked.

To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.

Him who's born to be hanged, will never be drowned.

Insults should be well avenged or well endured.

Prayer and practice is good rhyme.

He who lives upon hope has a slim diet.

A begun turn is half ended.

Confessed faults are half-mended.

It's a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

Better bend than break.

Never marry for money. You can borrow it cheaper.

They who smell least, smell best.

Every man’s tale is good till another’s be told.

Modesty is the beauty of women.

Never show your teeth unless you can bite.

A slothful man is a beggar’s brother.

A wise lawyer never goes to law himself.

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There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

Be slow in choosing a friend but slower in changing him.

A man of words, but no deeds, is like a garden full of weeds.

A bad wound may heal, but a bad name will kill.

They speak of my drinking but never think of my thirst.

Peace is the well from which the stream of joy runs.

Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat.

One may survive distress, but not disgrace.

One man’s meat is another man’s poison.

It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.

To heal all disease, take garlic and May butter, drink along with that white goats’ milk.

Fools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight.

Danger and delight grow on one stalk.

Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.

There isn’t a flood which will not subside.

If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; if he kills, the earth hides it.

A hungry man smells meat far.

Good company on a journey is worth a coach.

When the heart is full the tongue will speak.

He, who wants to lick honey, must not shy away from the bees.

Get what you can and keep what you have; that’s the way to get rich.

We'll never know the worth of water till the well go dry.

A house without a dog, a cat, or a little child is a house without joy or laughter.

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