Dogen Zenji Quotes

Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in ourselves.

Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

I must find a truth that is true for me.

I want to learn from myself, want to be my student, want to get to know myself, the secret of Siddhartha.

Truth is within ourselves.

Know thyself, for through thyself only thou canst know God.

Begin within. If it shows up in your life, it's coming to tell you something about you that you're acting like you don't know. Something about yourself, or your relationship with God.

I have not had time to reflect on my own truths in many years.

Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within.

Your desires and true beliefs have a way of playing blind man's bluff. You must corner the inner facts.

I think that the journey of self to truth is always kind of a gnarly one.

We can't see ourselves very clearly. This I learned as a songwriter. I'm forever trying to figure out what my own truth is.

To search for truth about self is as valuable as to search for truth in other areas of life.

To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.

We must remember that knowledge of one’s own deep nature is also simultaneously knowledge of human nature in general.

Truths are a result of knowing yourself.

Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized.

Do not wander far and wide but return into yourself. Deep within man there dwells the truth.

Seek not abroad, for in the inner man dwells the truth.

Knowing yourself has to always come from within. The outside can inspire or guide you, but knowing has to come from within you.

Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a deep place - from the deep, dark corners of your subconscious mind.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself. But mankind wasn't always so lucky. Less than a century ago, men and women did not have easy access to the puzzle boxes within them.

It is only in solitude that I ever find my own core.