Perfect

If I knew myself to the innermost point of my being, I would not second-guess myself, doubt myself, criticize myself, improve myself, compare myself or forgive myself. And I would never ever apologize.

The iron string

Either I trust myself or I doubt myself. Self-trust is the iron string.

He who hesitates

If action is required, act now. In fact, now is the only time we can act. No one in the history of the world has ever acted in the future. Waiting is dying.

Struck dumb

Disciple to Jesus: “Your mother is here.”

Jesus to disciple: “Who is my mother?”

In Zen, a koan takes a student to the precipice of a “great doubt.” From this tenuous place, he sees that while logic is not wrong, it has its limits.