Land of the rising sun

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.

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

This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.

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.

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.

I am neither of the East nor of the West, no boundaries exist within my breast.

When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.

There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.

Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.