Zen Quotes

“We are non of us alone.

Even as we exhale, it is inhaled by others.

The light that shines upon me shine upon my neighbour as well.

In this way, everything is connected to everything else.

In this way, I am connected to my friend even as I’m connected to my enemy.

In this way, there is no difference between me and my friend.

In this way, there is no difference between me and my enemy.

We are non of us alone.“ – Life (Season 1 Episode 8 )

“Think of the world as seen from space. From that distance it is calm…

…silent…

…at peace…

one.“

“Objects are not deceiving, they are deception.

What we see, what we hear.

All that our senses present to us is a fiction.

No more real than a dream.

We can only know that which we believe.

That which we believe, that is all we have“

“What does it mean to take a life?

It means that life is now yours.

All that it was, all that it could have been.

If you do not want it then you should not take it“ – Life (Season 2 Episode 14)

“What we learnt as children, that one plus one equals two, we know to be false.

One plus one equals one.

We even have a word for when you plus another equals one.

That word… is love.“ – Life (Season 2 Episode 21)

“When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. ”

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld