In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.

The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.

True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally complete the incomplete.

Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to be based on the gruesome glory of war.

In the liquid amber within the ivory porcelain, the initiated may touch the sweet reticence of Confucius, the piquancy of Laotse, and the ethereal aroma of Sakyamuni himself.

We are ever brutal to those who love and serve us in silence, but the time may come when, for our cruelty, we shall be deserted by these best friends of ours.

People are not taught to be really virtuous, but to behave properly.

Approach a great painting as thou wouldst approach a great prince.

Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same?

Welcome to thee, O sword of eternity!Through BuddhaAnd through Daruma alikeThou hast cleft thy way.

[Tea-masters] have given emphasis to our natural love of simplicity, and shown us the beauty of humility. In fact, through their teachings tea has entered the life of the people.

Failure is the secret to success because doing it wrong is apart of doing it right.

Don’t waste your youthful and active days on employment

The mystery of Evil and its origin & purposes".~R. Alan Woods [2012]

The principles of earth are the same law that governs heaven

It's absurd that you know more about your car than you know about your body.

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear.

I really love traveling to Japan.

The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.

If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in there cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment.

When we are not sure, we are alive.