“The skyScorched by the sun,WeepsFecund tears.”

“Wars are fought by teenagers, you realize that. They really ought to be fought by the politicians and old people who start these wars." (Interview with Don Swaim of CBS Radio-1986)”

“The sun dances in her and she has an immense joy of life”

“Patience is important for a man, vital for a leader”

“That's the first rule of survival in enemy waters: volunteer nothing.”

“God gives us intelligence to uncover the wonders of nature. Without the gift, nothing is possible.”

“Blood memory is described as our ancestral (genetic) connection to our language, songs, spirituality, and teachings. It is the good feeling that we experience when we are near these things.”

“The more serious about gardening I became, the more dubious lawns seemed. The problem for me was not, as it was for my father, the relation to my neighbors that a lawn implied; it was the lawns rel...”

“We having so much fun together!! 'through nature..through people..through religion...through culture..through friendship...we manage to learn something that lead to a better relationship among huma...”

“Religion doesnt mean obeying some textual rules from books that were written hundreds or thousands of years ago. Religion means realization of the self.”

“The sacredness of solitude is spiritualty”

“People often reveal their innermost selves in the most innocent of situations.”

“The entire area - some 300 square kilometers - is sacred. There are shrines and temples dotted about the slopes, but they merely confirm the sanctity of the land. It is not in the shrines and templ...”

“Above a certain size and level of prosperity, regional cities in Japan look alike. To discover what makes each one different, one has to sample the food and the sake, and stay long enough to see th...”

“Confounding though it seems, to acknowledge our dilemma, that we are no different from any animal coexisting on this planet, ironic really when through the ages, we have struggled with such pretens...”