Famous Proverbs

A flower falls even though we love it and a weed grows even though we do not love it.

One moon shows in every pool in every pool the one moon.

Those who know don’t tell and those who tell don’t know.

Let the mind be like the lake that reflects all of the clouds passing over it without any sticking to it.

Clouds gone, the mountain appears.

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

The ten thousand questions are one question. If you cut through the one question, then the ten thousand questions disappear.

When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten.

When you have realized understanding, even one word is too much.

This is it, but if you fixate on it, then it isn’t anymore.

When you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you float.

When you reach the top, keep climbing.

When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear.

To know and not do is not yet to know.

To follow the path, look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master.

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.

The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say We did it ourselves.