Quotes by Deng Ming-Dao

Even on the road to hell, flowers can make you smile.

A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself. By sinking its roots deeply into the earth, by accepting the rain that flows towards it, by reaching out to the sun, the tree perfects its character and becomes great. . . . Absorb, absorb, absorb. That is the secret of the tree.

When it is time to part, then it is time to part. There should be no regrets. The beauty of marriage is like the fleeting perfection of a snowflake.

The sages say that life is illusion, but does that change its poignancy?

A funeral is for those left behind. Sometimes, one wonders if the weeping is more out of fear for ourselves than it is sympathy for the deceased.

Let us be sad; it is feeling that makes us human.

Knowing the steps to create living growth: that is art.