Break open the cherry tree: where are the blossoms? Just wait for spring time to see how they bloom.

Having no destination, I am never lost.

Learn how to read the love letters sent by the wind and rain, the snow and moon.

Eight inches strong, it is my favourite thing; If I'm alone at night, I embrace it fully - A beautiful woman hasn't touched it for ages. Within my fundoshi there is an entire universe!

Like vanishing dew, a passing apparition or the sudden flash of lightning -- already gone -- thus should one regard one's self.

Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon.

Look at the cherry blossoms! Their color and scent fall with them, Are gone forever, Yet mindless The spring comes again.

Become a Buddha? The mind can't do it. The body can't do it. Only what can't become a Buddha becomes a Buddha.

We must become what we were Before we were born

Break open A cherry tree And there are no flowers; But the spring breeze Brings forth myriad blossoms.

Don't read the sutras - practice meditation. Don't take up the broom - practice meditation. Don't plant tea seeds - practice meditation.

Who you are

Life is filled with endless opportunities. You must search for the opportunities.Seize every opportunity and make it great.

Hopefully one day we will pledge allegiance to the Earth and ALL the people on it.

Our choice to use or not use social media is not about social media--it is about the glory of God.

Talent alone gets you nowhere. You really have to have the grit, and you gotta have a love for people.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.

I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone.

I was taught to believe, "If you work hard, you will be successful. If you are not successful, it is because you didn't work hard enough."

I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit.