“In the cherry blossom's shadethere's no such thingas a stranger.”

“Summer night--even the starsare whispering to each other.”

“HereI'm here-the snow falling.”

“before the gate --my walking stick's made a riverof melting snow”

“This dewdrop world Is but a dewdrop worldAnd yet ”

“O snailClimb Mount FujiBut slowly, slowly!”

“Creativity is the state of consciousness in which you enter into the treasury of your innermost being and bring the beauty into manifestation. (p.232)”

“Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”

“As if you were on fire from within.The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“Like vanishing dew,a passing apparitionor the sudden flashof lightning -- already gone --thus should one regard one's self.”

“The plants and flowersI raised about my hutI now surrenderTo the willOf the wind”

“The plants and flowersI raised about my hutI now surrenderTo the willOf the wind”