It does happen, of course, that the priesthood has been on bad terms with womankind for some three thousand years. You see, Buddhism teaches that women are evil. Fiends. Messengers of hell. I've spent years immersed in the scriptures, so it's no accident that you and I fight all the time.

People tend to be put off by the idea of selling sex, but if you spend a winter's night with one of them and talk with her about her family and so on, you're likely to find she's just like any other woman.

Oh, you crows! Feast away! What a spread! Soup straight from the eye sockets! And thick red sake! But don't have too much Or you'll surely get drunk.

There's not much benefit in attacking an empty house.

Think what you like. There are people who die by remaining alive and others who gain life by dying.

I want to dedicate myself to training and discipline. I want to spend every moment of every day working to improve myself.

I want to lead an important life. I want to do it because I was born a human being.