Land of the rising sun

You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don&#39;t know the value of your own soul, it&#39;s all foolishness.

This is the essence of all sciences - that you should know who you will be when the Day of Reckoning arrives.

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity &#39;til he has tasted adversity.

Don&#39;t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

Sunlight fell upon the wall; the wall received a borrowed splendor. Why set your heart on a piece of earth, O simple one? Seek out the source which shines forever.

Water, stories, the body, all the things we do, are mediums that hid and show what&#39;s hidden.

However much I might try to expound or explain Love, when I come to Love itself, I am ashamed of my explanations... Love alone can explain the mysteries of love and lovers.

The way the Beloved can fit in my heart, two thousand lives could fit in this body of mine. One kernel could contain a thousand bushels, and a hundred worlds pass through the eye of the needle.

Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.