A pear tree is blooming, by a collapsed house, on an old battlefield.

Take your materials from what is around you - if you see a dandelion, write about that; if it's misty, write about the mist. The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion.

The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion.

Always someone resting there - a lone rock in the summer field

Having examined three thousand haiku poems - two persimmons.

I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.

The reason for the absence of success in your life is not due to the lack of money, but to not having enough knowledge of the principles of success

We speak by the mouth

Be mindful, exercise kindness, to yourselves, to each other.

Your job is not to lower the bottom by adjusting for and accommodating the lowest-performing employees. You should be raising the top by recognizing and rewarding superstar behavior.

That there is a secret itself is a secret.

Leadership is getting people to do things that they don't want to do.

Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.

Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.

The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement