A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment, in which we see into the life of things.

If all men lead mechanical, unpoetical lives, this is the real nihilism, the real undoing of the world.

The object of our lives is to look at, listen to, touch, taste things. Without them, - these sticks, stones, feathers, shells, - there is no Deity.

There is no greater difference between men than between grateful and ungrateful people.

Think of Zen, of the Void, of Good and Evil and you are bound hand and foot. Think only and entirely and completely of what you are doing at the moment and you are free as a bird.

I myself think that to have a cat is more important than to have a Bible.

Zen is the unsymbolization of the world.

What is essential is not the answer but the questions; the answers indeed are the death of the life that is in the questions.

The love of nature is religion, and that religion is poetry; these three things are one thing. This is the unspoken creed of haiku poets.

Regarding R. H. Blyth: Blyth is sometimes perilous, naturally, since he's a high-handed old poem himself, but he's also sublime - and who goes to poetry for safety anyway.

Regarding R. H. Blyth: For translations, the best books are still those by R. H. Blyth. . . .

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

A little of God will not move the hand of God.

There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio - I don't know that guy.

All artists are protected by copyright... and we should be the first to respect copyright.

The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to be able to quote another's wit.

A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top of it.

All kids draw some kind of cartoon characters. They just grow out of them, and I didn't

I try to help other people get through difficult times in their own lives.

Knowing this to be a worthless life to live, why do I keep living on? Because this life contains something called beauty7.

The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be.