Could there ever be a more wonderful story than your own?

If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way

That which you give to another will become your own sustenance; if you light a lamp for another, your own way will be lit.

Never let life's hardships disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.

We ordinary people can see neither our own eyelashes, which are so close, nor the heavens in the distance.

Winter always turns into Spring. Never, from ancient times on, has anyone heard or seen of winter turning back to autumn.

One should become the master of one's mind rather than let one's mind master him.

Suffer what there is to suffer. Enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life.

Faith Alone is what really matters.

Life is the most precious of all treasures. Even one extra day of life is worth more than ten million ryo of gold.

Do not go about complaining how hard it is to live in this world. such behavior is entirely unworthy of a real man.

I hate to complain...No one is without difficulties, whether in high or low life, and every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.

There is only one things in this world shittier than biting it from cancer when you're sixteen, and that's having a kid who bites it from cancer.

I always have a funny story at communion time that underscores that no one is perfect, and that communion is not for perfect people but for hungry people.

But I'm aware of the fact that I'm working in a commercial venue where I'm producing something that I wouldn't normally be approaching the way I'm doing it

The most important problem for our world to solve is the inequality of men and women.

Shee spins well that breedes her children.

When I hear of anyone walking into a lab and walking out with animals, my heart sings.

I speak to lots of people around the world, and no one would tell you that 25 basis points will make a difference to them.

Whether you're talking about bees, dogs, or women, pain can come upon you quickly from either one of em.

Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.