No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.