Purity or impurity depends on oneself, No one can purify another.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

Just because I'm not forever by your side doesn't mean that's not precisely where I want to be.

If I become the man you want, I wouldn't be the man I am.

He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remaining brotherless.

I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency.

Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.

Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball.

I just saw Memento. It's very, very good. I watch a lot of French films.

I was a stranger and you took me in. -Joji G. Shoji, d. 1921

I got sued more times than Martha Stewart.

Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.