"Being-Time" (Denny)

The traces of the ebb and flow of time are so evident that we do not doubt them; yet, though we do not doubt them, we ought not to conclude that we understand them. Human beings are changeable, at one time questioning what they do not understand and at another time no longer questioning the same thing, so their former questionings do not always coincide with their present ones. The questioning alone, for its duration, is time.

Roshi Philip Kapleau
The Three Pillars of Zen

I first read The Three Pillars in around 1980. It is nice to pick up a book one had read previously and to discover that the underlined bits still have that same force of appeal. I re-discovered this little gem a few days ago while rummaging through the book shelf.