But if you have no relationship with the living things on this earth, you may lose whatever relationship you have with humanity.

Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you'll feel good no matter what.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.

A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.

Here is my secret: I don't mind what happens.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

When you show compassion instead of being judgemental. You will not undergo your own judgement, but you will receive your own love

Who are you, gaijin? What do you know about honor?''I'm called Chocho, ' Will said...'Chocho?' Arisaka shouted, goaded beyond control. 'Butterfly? Then die, Butterfly!

I don't believe in morality in architecture.

I was a dancer before I was an actress, so I've always been someone who likes to communicate from my body and movement.

We need a great president.

I can't imagine what they're planning. But I can tell you two things. We won't like it, and it won't be legal.

A noble deed is a step toward God.

I've been labelled as the 'big girl' and I've not got a problem with that

The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.

The military is sort of the ultimate test of proving that you're a man, and certainly that whole idea was very much uppermost in my mind when I joined the Army.