Tao Te Ching

“One is on the way for aeons without leaving his house; one leaves his house without being on the way.”

— Rinzai Gigen 臨済義玄 ? - 866 CE via Irmgard Schloegl
(Línjì Yìxuán)
from Zen Teachings of Rinzai (Record of Rinzai), Irmgard Schloegl translation 1976