"To get rid of your passions is not nirvana -- to look upon them as no matter of yours, that is nirvana."

-- Zen proverb

"All boats rise with the tide."

-- anonymous proverb

"To attain Buddhahood we must scatter life's aims and objects to the wind."

-- Zen proverb

"Sometimes it is necessary to travel far to find what is near."

-- Hasidic proverb

"A fool has a fine world."

-- Yiddish proverb

"Surely this must be an ancient proverb: If the situation is killing you, get the hell out."

-- Hugh Prather

"There is no room for God in him who is full of himself."

-- Hasidic proverb

"What was hard to endure is sweet to recall."

-- French proverb

"God made man because he loves stories."

-- Yiddish proverb

"You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep."

-- Navajo proverb

"The believer is happy, the doubter wise."

-- Greek proverb

"God is an earthquake not an uncle."

-- Yiddish proverb

"If God lived on earth people would break out all his windows."

-- Hasidic proverb

"You've got to do your own growing no matter how tall your Grandfather was."

-- Irish proverb

"If you always live with those who are lame, you will yourself learn to limp."

-- Latin proverb

"Where there is love there is no sin."

-- Montenegrin proverb

"Let us go now and wake up our luck."

-- Cyprian proverb

"If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap.

If you want happiness for a day, go fishing.

If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune.

If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else."

-- Chinese proverb

"To her lover a beautiful woman is a delight

To a monk she's a distraction

To a mosquito, a good meal."

-- Zen aphorism

"Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation os who you are."

-- Chinese proverb

"If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, try if for eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually, one discovers that it is not boring but very interesting."

-- Zen proverb