Look at the cherry blossoms! Their color and scent fall with them, Are gone forever, Yet mindless The spring comes again.

Having no destination, I am never lost.

Learn how to read the love letters sent by the wind and rain, the snow and moon.

Eight inches strong, it is my favourite thing; If I'm alone at night, I embrace it fully - A beautiful woman hasn't touched it for ages. Within my fundoshi there is an entire universe!

Like vanishing dew, a passing apparition or the sudden flash of lightning -- already gone -- thus should one regard one's self.

Break open the cherry tree: where are the blossoms? Just wait for spring time to see how they bloom.

Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon.

Become a Buddha? The mind can't do it. The body can't do it. Only what can't become a Buddha becomes a Buddha.

We must become what we were Before we were born

Break open A cherry tree And there are no flowers; But the spring breeze Brings forth myriad blossoms.

Don't read the sutras - practice meditation. Don't take up the broom - practice meditation. Don't plant tea seeds - practice meditation.

Why is patience so important?""Because it makes us pay attention.

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

I have a terrific headache.

No organism can afford to be conscious of matters with which it could deal at unconscious levels.

If good people would but make goodness agreeable, and smile instead of frowning in their virtue, how many they would win to the good cause.

I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone's stage or in front of someone's camera.

Sometimes I like to make music together with a singer or with singers.

Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.

I think it's quite great to set yourself a big challenge and then you've got another reason for keeping fit.

Noble men in the quiet of morning hear Indians singing the continent's violent requiem.