A coward cannot have any prayer answered.

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.

Cultivating daily calm, even for a few minutes, yields a core of centered wellness.

Orion nodded, then asked, “Dwarf cheese?”“Cheese made by dwarfs.”“Oh, ” said Orion, relieved. “They make it. It’s not actually . . .”“No. What a horrible thought.”“Exactly.

I felt like I had the weight of the world on my shoulders until I REALIZED I had the power to take it off

Is true, you do feel better about things the further you run from it

It is better to scare off a mouse than welcome a badger

The absent are always wrong.

In the fall of 1972, President Nixon announced that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. This was the first time a president used the third derivative to advance his case for reelection.

A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.

Like a great athlete, we must have a very clear vision of what we want to accomplish before we make a move. Vision, in preparation for an action, is as important as the action itself.

Treat each class as if it were your first.