Impassionate gods have never seen the red that is the Tatsuta River. /ちはやぶる 神代も聞かず 竜田川 からくれなゐに 水くくるとは

Ah, if in this world there were no such thing as cherry blossoms, perhaps then in springtime our hearts would be at peace.

If there were no cherry blossoms in this world How much more tranquil our hearts would be in spring.

I have always known that at last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today.

Emptiness is this world’s greatest discovery. Who has chosen this kind world for us and why?

Fear is peace and Peace is fear

The evangelist is the world's hopeless romantic, and just like a hopeless romantic, he must hope for the miracle of God more than the romance itself.

This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken.

Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it.

When I started having kids, I thought, 'I don't want to do anything they can't watch.'

I think the recovery hasn't been stronger because the hole that was dug for President Obama by the Bush administration was far worse than anybody could imagine, first of all.

The thing about Sondheim is that it does get very cerebral. You do need a faculty with words and a love for the lyrics to not just pull it off, but to have an appreciation for it.

Being a wiseass in a groupthink environment is like throwing an egg at a bulldozer.

One must die to life in order to be utterly a creator.