The treasures of the heart are most valuable of all.

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.

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

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.

2. Overcommitment and time pressure are the greatest destroyers of marriages. It takes time to develop any friendship...whether with a loved one or with God Himself.

As a teacher, the desire to teach is valuable, but the desire to educate is priceless.

I am all out of forgiveness and you are all out of chances to get back into my life.

The only solution is to kill 600 people in one night. Let the UN and Bill Clinton and everyone else make a scene - and it is over for 20 years.

Life never ceases. Life is an overflowing source, and death is only an obscure effect of illusions.

In America you need a bodyguard to go out.

I was a rebellious child, a rebellious lover, a rebellious couturière - a real devil.

I love Disneyland because the teacups are so awesome. But California Adventure is the best.

Any time a negro community lives under fear that its churches are going to be bombed, then they have to realize they're living in a war zone.

There are certain teachers who shouldn't be teachers.