"It seems crazy, but it isn’t. “Man is a thinking reed,” [[Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki|D. T. Suzuki]], one of the early popularizers of [[buddhism]] in the West, once said, “**but his great works are done when he is not calculating and thinking**. ‘Childlikeness’ has to be restored with long years of training in the art of self-forgetfulness. **When this is attained, man thinks yet he does not think**.”" ([Location 498](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=498)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[mindfulness]], [[joy-of-missing-out]], [[zen]], **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]