Whether one has wealth or not, no treasure exceeds the one called life.

If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way

That which you give to another will become your own sustenance; if you light a lamp for another, your own way will be lit.

Never let life's hardships disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.

We ordinary people can see neither our own eyelashes, which are so close, nor the heavens in the distance.

Winter always turns into Spring. Never, from ancient times on, has anyone heard or seen of winter turning back to autumn.

One should become the master of one's mind rather than let one's mind master him.

Could there ever be a more wonderful story than your own?

Suffer what there is to suffer. Enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life.

Faith Alone is what really matters.

Life is the most precious of all treasures. Even one extra day of life is worth more than ten million ryo of gold.

Books. The reading, writing and cultivation of books is my form of meditation. The books in my life have brought me closest to divinity.

They themselves do not see the world of light as we do, but our shapes cast shadows in their minds, which only the noon sun destroys.

I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to relive them through my fiction.

It is the way you feel that is your point of attraction.

Phil [Wood] was very passionate. Very committed. He felt very blessed that the people that cared about him and took him aside... if he was out of line or drinking too much, being too surly.

In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.

I've been around where I knew other actors were going to steal the scene, and I don't compete with them.

In most vital organizations, there is a common bond of interdependence, mutual interest, interlocking contributions, and simple joy.

Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.

I'm the type of guy that I wear my heart on my sleeve. If I'm in a good or bad mood, then everybody knows it.