Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity.

In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger.

Giddy grasshopper Take care...do not leap and crush These pearls of dewdrop

What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.

Carrying a poppy he passes through the quarrel.

Reflected in the dragonfly's eye -- mountains.

In spring rain a pretty girl yawning.

Don't worry, spiders, I keep house casually.

O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly!

Summer night-- even the stars are whispering to each other.

Listen, all creeping things, the bell of transience.

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.

Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.

It is not what you say or hope or wish or intend but only what you do that counts. Your choices tell you unerringly who you really are.

Last night the United States dropped four 2,000 pound bombs on Saddam Hussein. I don't know anything about explosives, but, my God, do those things even need to explode?

I can't relate to livin' less than great.

We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.

Truth sounds paradoxical!

When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; ... he learns his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.

Not all of us are called to die a martyr’s death, but all of us are called to have the same spirit of self-sacrifice and love to the very end as these martyrs had.