The word ordinary is etymologically related to orderliness, and orderliness is very important. . . . No matter how far we go, we are just whatever we are. So we don't need to lose our heads, or put an extra head on top of ours. We just need to be ordinary. If we can live every day like that, then there is no problem.
— Taizan Maezumi, On Zen Practice by Taizan Maezumi, editor, Bernie Glassman, editor