All things such as grass and trees are soft and supple in life. At their death they are withered and dry.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.

Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.

Meditation alone cannot heal the world, but it can and does speed up the healing process.

If you are not good at innovating, be smart in investing.

Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else.

Speaking words of endearment where words of comfort availed not.

When you fall for the one that owns you, she’ll be the only one that has the power to make you cry.

Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others.

Akiko Tsuruga ranks as one of the top organists around today.

A man is never alone, not only because he is with himself and his own thoughts, but because he is with the Devil, who ever consorts with our solitude.

Men don't hear women.