Land of the rising sun

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

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

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.

There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again.

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.

the truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth.

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

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.

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.