Land of the rising sun

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

The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don&#39;t finally meet somewhere. They&#39;re in each other all along.

You&#39;ve come to know the fortunate and the inauspicious stars, but you don&#39;t know whether you yourself are fortunate or lucky.

Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away.

It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I&#39;ve gone and come back, I&#39;ll find it at home.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life&#39;s search for love and wisdom.

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

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.