“Before one studies Zen, mountains are mountains and waters are waters; after a first glimpse into the truth of Zen, mountains are no longer mountains and waters are no longer waters; after enlightenment, mountains are once again mountains and waters once again waters.”
― Dōgen

“Some Native Americans used 3 categories for humans. Red-blooded, Pale-blooded and Golden-blooded:

The red-blooded asks, “What’s for dinner?”
The pale-blooded asks, “What is Truth?”
The golden-blooded asks, ‘What’s for dinner?”

– From a lecture I heard long ago