...What does the blessing of heaven mean? We know the kirin is just an animal, not a mythical creature." It has become a symbol now.... That is the way human beings deal with the world.

I believe the test of government is the contentment of the people.

She entered a state where prayer and poetry became one and the everyday world seemed full of holiness and significance.

When illusions are shattered by truth, talent is set free.

But just as the river is always at the door, so is the world always outside. And it is in the world that we have to live.

It's what you do to yourself when you go mad with rage. You have no idea how much you can hurt yourself with your own strength.

..while I was happy enough to pray to any god, knowing that they were simply different faces created by men, of one indivisible truth.