Explore popular quotes and sayings by a poet Peter Levitt.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Peter Levitt is a poet and translator. He is also the founder and teacher of the Salt Spring Zen Circle, in the Soto Zen lineage of Shunryu Suzuki-Roshi.
Before falling to the scythe the weeds enjoy a little breeze.
Watermelons and Zen students grow pretty much the same way. Long periods of sitting till they ripen and grow all juicy inside, but when you knock them on the head to see if they're ready sounds like nothing's going on.
It's easy to die. Just give your breath back to the trees and the wind.