If reason dominates in man, he rises higher than angels. If lust overpowers man, he descends lower than the beast.

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love

I LOVE my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case... HEART might stop. MIND can forget. I Love them with my Soul. SOUL never stops or forgets.

Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.

Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart.

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

It's your road & yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you

Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence."

There is only one attraction, one law, one power and that is the power of love.

Commitment doesn't have conditions. A compassionate samurai follows through whether it feels good or not

Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell The tortures of that inward hell!

Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really interesting.

What is obscenity? And to whom?

I personally, only work with people in my business who show excellence. I have a business, the business of enlightenment.

Children are different - mentally, physically, spiritually, quantitatively, qualitatively; and furthermore, they're all a little bit nuts.

As a psychopathic creature, the corporation can neither recognize nor act upon moral reasons to refrain from harming others.

It was unavoidable, my writing. I feel I had no choice in the matter, no more than I had about an unfortunate bone structure and a healthy head of hair.

Akiko Tsuruga ranks as one of the top organists around today.