For the person who has learned to let go and let be, nothing can ever get in the way again.

For them that must obey authority
That they do not respect in any degree
Who despise their jobs, their destinies
Speak jealously of them that are free
Do what they do just to be
Nothing more than something
They invest in.

For those of you in the cheap seats I'd like ya to clap your hands to this one; the rest of you can just rattle your jewelry!

For us there can be no attachment to a particular manner of behavior in this life, nor has this ever been right, however successful we may have been.

For what I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of mediocrity.

Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it.

Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home.

Form is empty of our preconceptions, empty of our judgements… Form is empty if we see it in the absence of our own personal interpretations of it.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Freedom of thought means having no thought in the midst of thought.

frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot be made good for something.

From emptiness, everything comes out. One whole body of water, or one whole mind, is emptiness. When we reach this understanding we find true meaning to our life.

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate… The hottest love has the coldest end.

From Ushikawa’s perspective, they were irretrievably shallow. To him, their minds were dull, their vision narrow and devoid of imagination, and all they cared about was what other people thought… completely lacking in… any degree of wisdom.

Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something. And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.

Genius always rises like a palm-tree above the soil in which it is rooted.

Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

Give up any possibilities of fruition.

Give up wanting to be important; let your footsteps leave no trace.

Glance at the sun. See the moon and stars. Gaze at the beauty of the green earth. Now think.