Shunryu Suzuki Perfect Quotations

To find perfect composure in the midst of change is to find nirvana.

Each of you is perfect the way you are ... and you can use a little improvement.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

You are perfect as you are and there is always room for improvement.

Everything is perfect, but there is a lot of room for improvement.

Everything you do is right, nothing you do is wrong, yet you must still make ceaseless effort.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.