Each one of us must make his own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way. - Shunryu Suzuki

In the thinking realm there is a difference between oneness and variety; but in actual experience, variety and unity are the same.

Be humble: “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few.

But we may find it not so interesting to cook the same thing over and over again every day. It is rather tedious, you may say. If you lose the spirit of repetition it will become quite difficult, but it will not be difficult if you are full of strength and vitality. Anyway, we cannot keep still; we have to do something. So if you do something, you should be very observant, and careful, and alert. Our way is to put the dough in the oven and watch it carefully. Once you know how the dough becomes bread, you will understand enlightenment. So how this physical body becomes a sage is our main interest. We are not so concerned about what flour is, or what dough is, or what a sage is. A sage is a sage. Metaphysical explanations of human nature are not the point.