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Quotes by D.T. Suzuki

The MIND has first to be attuned to the Unconscious.

D.T. Suzuki (1870 - 1966)
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Fundamentally the marksman aims at himself.

D.T. Suzuki (1870 - 1966)
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More quotes about: self-knowledge, archery, striving
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The right shot, at the right moment, does not come because you do not let go of yourself.  You are not waiting for fulfillment, but bracing yourself for failure.  So long as this is so, you have no choice but to call forth something from yourself that ought to happen independently of you.

D.T. Suzuki (1870 - 1966)
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More quotes about: effort, idealism, perfection, surrender, ideal, striving
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When you come to the lessons in the furure you must collect yourself on the way here.

D.T. Suzuki (1870 - 1966)
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More quotes about: awareness, presence, consciousness
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Zen Makes use, to a great extent, of poetical expressions; Zen is wedded to poetry.

D.T. Suzuki (1870 - 1966)
 
More quotes about: poetry, zen
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The truth of Zen, just a little bit of it, is what turns one's hum drum life, a life of monotonous, uninspiring commonplaceness, into one of art, full of genuine inner creativity.

D.T. Suzuki (1870 - 1966)
 
More quotes about: art, creativity, justice, life, truth, zen
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Life, according to Zen, ought to be lived as a bird flies through the air, or as a fish swims in the water.

D.T. Suzuki (1870 - 1966)
 
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The greatest productions of art, whether painting, music, sculpture or poetry, have invariably this quality-something approaching the work of God.

D.T. Suzuki (1870 - 1966)
 
More quotes about: art, god, music, painting, poetry, quality, sculpture, work
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Art always has something of the unconscious about it.

D.T. Suzuki (1870 - 1966)
 
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