I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk once said to me, 'If you're not laughing, then you're not getting it.' - David O Russell ALRIGHT then, be a Zen monk. But you wait and see. You'll be happy and bright. You'll laugh. People will envy and ridicule you. You won't care. (sigh) - Lew Welch

Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water. - Elizabeth Gilbert Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment. - John Bradshaw I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats. - Eckhart Tolle How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden! - Brad Warner

Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water. - Elizabeth Gilbert Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment. - John Bradshaw Until today, it really pissed me off that I'd become this totally centered Zen Master, and nobody had noticed. Still, i'm doing the little FAX thing. I write little HAIKU things and FAX them around to everyone. When i pass people in the hall at work, I get toally ZEN right in everyone's hostile little FACE. - Chuck Palahniuk He was, in his way, as close to a Zen master as I've ever had, and all of us who fell under his influence began with his style and eventually ended up with our own. - Nora Ephron I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats. - Eckhart Tolle What are you, Zen Master Fang? - Charlaine Harris You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his own studio. So should y...

I wrote a zen koan once about love, but it didn't make any sense. That's how I knew I had accurately described love. - Jarod Kintz I decide to go outside to enjoy the weather. Out of the corner of my eye I see Thor pushing an empty wheelbarrow, and I wonder if it's some sort of thought experiment. Either he just got done dumping mulch in the back yard, or this is a great set up for a Zen koan. - Jarod Kintz Christopher, like most people, didn't like his universe being unfathomable, so I doubted that a Zen koan would help him. - Scarlett Thomas

What's that mean?" Eddie asked. "I hate it when you start up with your Zen Buddhist shit, Roland." "It means I don't know," Roland said. "Who is this man Zen Buddhist? Is he wise like me?" Eddie looked at Roland for a long, long time before deciding the gunslinger was making one of his rare jokes. "Ah, get outta here.. - Stephen King I'm a practicing Zen Buddhist and I'm influenced by my readings in that tradition, such as the notion that everyone is born a perfect being and we spend most of our lives with a clouded vision trying to realize our perfection, he says. At critical moments in the book, T.S. registers his inkling of this realization. When he makes his maps, it feels like taking down dictation from the universe. - Reif Larsen