1063-1135, Chinese Chan Master
Balance
Human lives go along with circumstances. It is not necessary to reject activity and seek quiet; just make yourself inwardly empty while outwardly harmonious. Then you will be at peace in the midst of frenetic activity in the world.
in Zen Essence: The Science of Freedom , Thomas Cleary, tr. & ed., 1989
Wisdom for The Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing , © 2004