The Cat Who Taught Zen Quotes

“What we want is seldom what we need. And what we need is almost never what we want.”
― James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen: A Beautifully Illustrated Exploration of Self-Discovery

“It is better to begin the journey, make some mistakes and correct your course, than to wait until everything is perfect and never even start”
― James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen: A Beautifully Illustrated Exploration of Self-Discovery

“Wherever we go, we are our own companion. And that is why we must try to be a good friend to ourselves and treat ourselves with gentleness. After all, we are the one we spend the most time with.”
― James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen: A Beautifully Illustrated Exploration of Self-Discovery

“Many of us feel hesitant to start something new and tend to wait until the time is right… but I have learned to give myself permission to start messily with no expectation and somehow,
each time,
things just seem to work themselves out.”
― James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen: A Beautifully Illustrated Exploration of Self-Discovery

“If you could take one thing away from this book, I would ask you to try and
remember that good things often come out of seemingly bad things”
― James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen: A Beautifully Illustrated Exploration of Self-Discovery

“I once heard someone say, it was not the journey or the destination that mattered most, but the company.”
― James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen: A Beautifully Illustrated Exploration of Self-Discovery

“If something isn’t right, just telling your friend can make it seem better, even though they might not know how to fix it.”
― James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen: A Beautifully Illustrated Exploration of Self-Discovery