Live for the present, and the future will be known before it ever happens.

Ordinary will please, but never impress.

Common will please, but never impress.

Getting weak is easy. It's staying strong that makes you.

Not that easy to have tears in your heart but a smile on your lips.

Life is meaningless. It is our actions that add meaning to it.

It's hard to catch up when you are running second in a race with time.

We must read, mediate and affirm the writings of Holy Scriptures, to partake in the divine nature and overcome the struggles of life.

I see my mother exactly as she is – sad and strong, tense and trying.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

But the churchmen fain would kill their church, As the churches have kill'd their Christ.

I don't think I have a sad life. I just talk about all my feelings and emotions.

Be encouraged to be an encourager. It's a spiritual art that everyone can learn. And mostly you learn by practicing it.

So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove.

You cannot change the past but you can start now and lay the foundation for the future.

I'm very impressed that there are so many fans - not just in Japan, but here in America - that are fond of the work that I've done. I'm actually kind of embarrassed by it all.

If you really love someone, you shouldn't have to work at it, you finish each others' sentences and have the same sense of humor.