Dogen Quotes to Guide Your Path

1. Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Albert Schweitzer
2. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs
3. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
4. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt
5. The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. – Tony Robbins
6. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt
7. Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. – Sam Levenson
8. Do not wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect. – Unknown
9. Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure. – Aisha Tyler
10. Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. – Christian D. Larson
11. You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. – C.S. Lewis
12. The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible. – Charles Kingsleigh
13. Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. – Steve Jobs
14. In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take. – Unknown
15. Make your life a masterpiece; imagine no limitations on what you can be, have or do. – Brian Tracy
16. The path to success is to take massive, determined action. – Tony Robbins
17. Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. – Joshua J. Marine
18. Don’t be afraid to fail, be afraid not to try. – Michael Jordan

1. Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. – Dogen

2. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. – Dogen

3. To study the way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be awakened by all things. – Dogen

4. Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don’t try to figure anything out. Don’t try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest. – Dogen

5. The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. – Dogen

6. The only way to understand yourself is through sitting meditation. – Dogen

7. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few. – Dogen

8. Do not be concerned with the faults of other persons. Do not see others’ faults with a hateful mind. There is an old saying that if you stop seeing others’ faults, then naturally seniors and juniors are elevated and the Way of Buddha is complied with. – Dogen

9. When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots, but just paint Spring. To paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots is to paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – it is not yet painting Spring. – Dogen

10. A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it. – Dogen

11. To know yourself is to forget yourself, to forget yourself is to be enlightened by all things. – Dogen

12. The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know. – Dogen

13. In this world, there is nothing that is hidden that will not be revealed, and there is nothing done in secret that will not come to light. – Dogen

14. The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something. – Dogen

15. If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing. – Dogen

16. The moon does not think to be reflected, nor does the water think to reflect, the moon. – Dogen

17. In the midst of all the chaos, find peace within yourself. – Dogen

18. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet. – Dogen

1. Learn to detach yourself from all external factors and trust in the wisdom within. – Dogen

2. In the practice of meditation, the wisdom of the universe can be found in the silence within. – Dogen

3. True enlightenment comes from embracing the present moment without attachment or expectations. – Dogen

4. The key to inner peace lies in accepting things as they are, without judgment or resistance. – Dogen

5. Let go of your ego and surrender to the flow of life. Only then will true wisdom reveal itself. – Dogen

6. Suffering arises from attachment to desire. Let go of your desires and find freedom. – Dogen

7. The mind is everything. What you think, you become. – Dogen

8. Just as a mirror reflects objects, the mind reflects the truth. Seek clarity in your thoughts. – Dogen

9. Do not seek the truth outside yourself. Look within and you will find all you need. – Dogen

10. Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. – Dogen

11. The true nature of reality is not to be grasped or understood, but simply experienced. – Dogen

12. The path to enlightenment is not a journey of acquiring knowledge, but of losing ignorance. – Dogen

13. Let go of your doubts and fears. Trust in the process of life and you will find peace. – Dogen

14. We are all interconnected with the universe. Embrace this oneness and find harmony within yourself. – Dogen

15. The mind is like a wild horse. Tame it with mindfulness and discipline. – Dogen

16. The only way to truly know yourself is to be still and listen to the whispers of your soul. – Dogen

17. True wisdom is not learned, it is remembered. Connect with your inner truth and let it guide you. – Dogen

18. Do not seek happiness outside yourself. It can only be found within, in the depths of your being. – Dogen

1. To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.
2. Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.
3. Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself.
4. The Way is not in the sky; the Way is in the heart.
5. Open your hand if you want to be held.
6. If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
7. The way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.
8. When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original self.
9. Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.
10. Virtuous activity does not wait for future enlightenment.
11. Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
12. Practice and enlightenment are not two separate things.
13. Sitting together with all beings, we are one with all beings.
14. If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
15. In this moment of time, nothing matters but clarity of mind.
16. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
17. Regardless of where we are, we must strive to be the master of our mind.
18. The practitioner should develop their capacity for courage, to face what is straight ahead without flinching.