Enlightening Buddhist quotes

Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise.
Surangama Sutra

Although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes, it obstructs your vision.
Hsi-Tang

If you live the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
Zen Master Lin-Chi

By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.
The Sutra of Hui Neng

Anything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it.
Chogyam Trungpa

Renunciation is not getting rid of the things of this world, but accepting that they pass away.
Aitken Roshi