Though perhaps less universally known than such figures as Einstein or Gandhi (who became symbols of our time) Daisetz Suzuki was no less remarkable a man than these. And though his work may not have had such resounding and public effect, he contributed no little to the spiritual and intellectual revolution of our time.
"Zen and the Birds of Appetite". Book by Thomas Merton, The Abbey of Gethsemani, New Directions, p. 59, 1968.