How could sufferings be relieved through purification? To know the Path is to get lost at the ford. Indeed, sickness comes from worldly love And poverty begins with the pursuit of greed.

Look in the perfumes of flowers and of nature for peace of mind and joy of life.

O Day after day we can't help growing older. Year after year spring can't help seeming younger. Come let's enjoy our winecup today, Nor pity the flowers fallen.

A traveler s thoughts in the night Wander in a thousand miles of dreams.

The autumn hill gathers the remaining light, A flying bird chases after its companion. The green color is bright And brings me into the moment, like a sunset mist that has no fixed place.

A new home by a gap in the Meng wall; Of the old trees, a few gnarled willows are left. Those who come in the future, who will they be, Grieving in vain for what others had before?

But it is precisely at those moments when the glass seems to be ‘set fair’ that Fate invariably decides to take a hand.

Even though I felt like crying, I did my very best to smile.

It isn't stress that makes us fall - it's how we respond to stressful events.

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.

Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.

I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.

Democracy never comes by the barrel of a gun, or by cluster bombs.

I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.

I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead.

We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view.