Even in Kyoto/Hearing the cuckoo's cry/I long for Kyoto

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.

Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.

Mountain-rose petals Falling, falling, falling now... Waterfall music

There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.

Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.

Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.

A flute with no holes is not a flute.

Come, butterfly It's late- We've miles to go together.

There is nothing worse for the lying soul than the mirror of reality.

At some point I was a Happy African Feminist Who Does Not Hate Men and Who Likes to Wear Lip Gloss and High Heels for Herself and Not For Men.

Staying for your children is noble. However, staying with someone that teaches your children that "selective" evilness is okay is mental illness.

Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved.

You don't really know what to believe until the Government denies it.

I love a good fight and I think a bad fight can ruin a movie. I really do.

Awareness is a blissful state, not a painful one.

I saw her backstage and said hi, took a picture with her. Tried to get a convo going, but the kid had know idea wut to think!

The only science that gives purpose to every other science is the science of religion - the science of our happy relationship with, and our providential dependence on God and our neighbor.

Democracy will prevail when men believe the vote of Judas as good as that of Jesus Christ.