Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.

Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.

Mountain-rose petals Falling, falling, falling now... Waterfall music

There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.

Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.

Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.

A flute with no holes is not a flute.

Come, butterfly It's late- We've miles to go together.

The fullness of life's balancing grace will demand the symmetry of recompense for all your loss and pain.

Every good band in the world was a cover band first. The Beatles were and the Stones were. Everybody was a cover band.

He was bare chested and in good trim. I said that just looking at him I knew there would always be an England

It's not easy to run a marathon, I know it will be painful but when I start it, I know I'm going to finish it

I didn't want people to accuse me of being really depressive. I really tried to fight against that and not have a complete downer about the subject.

Actors, they come and go, you know.

People who expect deference resent mere civility.

To be loved, I think, is the thing that gets you up in the morning.

Literature is both my joy and my comfort: it can add to every happiness and there is no sorrow it cannot console.

Affirmative precepts are distinguished from negative whenever one is not comprised in the other; thus, that of honoring parents does not comprise that of not killing, and vice versa.