If any thing is sacred the human body is sacred

walt whitman; Leaves of grass; “I sing the body electric”

Strong in their softness are the sprays of the wisteria creeper;
The pine in its hardness is broken by the weak snow.

Saying of Master Jukyo as Translated by Trevor Leggett in Zen and the Ways

When there is mutual ignorance, confidence indeed is king.

Trevor leggett; Zen and the Ways

Do not see the gate and think it is the house. The house is something which is reached by passing through and going beyond the gate.

YAgyu Munenori’s Art of War (As translated by trevor leggett in Zen and the ways)

Students of the Ways must see clearly that in an untrained man the intellect is like a barrister. It argues clearly and logically, but the aim is not truth, but to reach a predetermined conclusion.

Trevor Leggett; Zen and the Ways