The tree is stripped, All color, fragrance gone, Yet already on the bough, Uncaring spring!

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.

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

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.

What is madness but nobility of the soul at odds with circumstance.

Chase your dream with all your strength.

Of all the achievements of the human mind, the birth of the alphabet is the most momentous.

Jessica: “You great drunken jackass!” Dain: “I did not give you leave to use my Christian name.

Men and women -- even man and wife are foreigners. Each has reserves that the other cannot enter into, nor understand. These have the effect of frontiers.

I'd always dabbled in acting.

Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.

The Mother of Sorrows is my confidante, my teacher, my counselor, and my powerful advocate.

Small businesses are the number one job creators in America. Therefore, it is important that the federal government creates an environment that helps them succeed, not one that sets them up to fail.

He was determined to discover the underlying logic behind the universe. Which was going to be hard, because there wasn't one.