Hakuin Ekaku

"All beings are by nature are Buddhas, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddhas. How sad that people ignore the near and search the truth afar: like someone in the midst of water crying out in thirst: like a child of a wealthy home wandering among the poor."

"Should you desire the great tranquility prepare to sweat white beads."

"If you forget yourself, you become the universe."

"You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand?"