Land of the rising sun

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

Love will find its way through all languages on its own.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

Woman is a ray of God. She is not that earthly beloved: she is creative, not created.

That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful.

The moment I first heard love I gave up my soul, my heart, and my eyes.

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.