Shunryu Suzuki Quotes

We strive always to have a beginner's mind.

I've learned it's important to never lock yourself down into one thing - you need to remain fluid and open to all possibilities.

I feel open to anything.

I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind

The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the experts, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all possibilities.

In Japan we have the phrase, "Shoshin," which means "beginner's mind." Our "original mind" includes everything within itself. It is always rich and sufficient within itself. This does not mean a closed mind, but actually an empty mind and a ready mind. If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything. It is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.

I'm very much open to the possibilities.

Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.

So curiosity, I think, is a really important aspect of staying young or youthful.

If you start with the mindset that you know nothing, you will learn a lot that nobody knew before.

There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to refuse any of them. Maybe no good from a PR perspective, but from the point of view of everyday life, it keeps things interesting.

I'm open for possibilities. I'm open for choices. I always welcome new ideas. I'm always eager to learn. I'm never going to close my mind from learning.

The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.

I've always embraced everything and been open-minded about what's ahead.

I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge.

All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think.

That's what I'm interested in: the space in between, the moment of imagining what is possible and yet not knowing what that is.

I'm really open to everything.

You have to be open to everything.

I couldn't tell you what I am going to do next 'cause I have no idea, but I am open to anything.

I have found that children are the most open-minded of all my audiences. They are not set in their ways. They are open to ideas.

Travel for me is all about transformation, and I'm fascinated by those people who really do come back from a trip unrecognizable to themselves and perhaps open to the same possibilities they'd have written off not a month before.

Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.

I hope I'm always learning something.

We've learned never to say never. Anything is a possibility.