Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

I've been practicing modalities of Eastern philosophy since about 1972. What I've learned through my meditation is a sense of equanimity, a sense of all things being equal.

I read a lot of Zen books. And I grew up surfing, so that has always been my escape.

The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao.

Zen is everywhere.... But for you, Zen is right here.

I have a spiritual practice which helps to keep me grounded and centered.

Prayer keeps me centered.

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.

It is good to have a prayer on your lips wherever you go. There are so many moments in life when you are free to pray. When you are waiting for the cashier in the supermarket, getting mad because he or she doesn't hurry, say a little prayer: 'Lord, Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.' Take that prayer with you wherever you go.

Do you know God? Do you know there is a power greater than ourselves which manifests itself within us as well as everywhere else in the universe? This I call God. Do you know what it is to know God, to have God's constant guidance, a constant awareness of God's presence? To know God is to reflect love toward all people and all creations. To know God is to feel peace within - a calmness, a serenity, an unshakeableness which enables you to face any situation. To know God is to be so filled with joy that it bubbles over and goes forth to bless the world.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

All methods of meditation are nothing but methods to help you to remember the art of let-go.

People think meditation is a huge undertaking.

No one can pray and worry at the same time. When we worry, we aren't praying. When we pray, we aren't worrying.

I'm simply the happiest, the placidest, when I'm writing, and so I suppose that that, for me, is the final answer. ... It's fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats as I am most of the time.

I have my own way to walk and for some reason or other Zen is right in the middle of it wherever I go. So there it is, with all its beautiful purposelessness, and it has become very familiar to me though I do not know "what it is." Or even if it is an "it." Not to be foolish and multiply words, I'll say simply that it seems to me that Zen is the very atmosphere of the Gospels, and the Gospels are bursting with it. It is the proper climate for any monk, no matter what kind of monk he may be. If I could not breathe Zen I would probably die of spiritual asphyxiation.

This is the Zen approach: nothing is there to be done. There is nothing to do. One has just to be. Have a rest and be ordinary and be natural.

My first exposure to the vocabulary of inter-beingness was through the writings of Thich Nhat Hahn, to whom I remain enormously grateful.

Speak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer.

In the fury of the moment/ I can see the Master's hand In every leaf that trembles, in/ every grain of sand.

Writing at least is a silent meditation even though you’re going a hundred miles an hour.

The ultimate purpose of Zen,' I remembered the roshi telling me, 'is not in the going away from the world but in the coming back. Zen is not just a matter of gaining enlightenment; it's a matter of acting in a world of love and compassion.

Drink deeply. Live in serenity and joy.

Finding Nirvana is like locating silence.

When I meditate, I feel I am vast, very vast.