The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter.

There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores

What is important is to keep our mind high in the world of true understanding, and returning to the world of our daily experience to seek therein the truth of beauty. No matter what we may be doing at a given moment, we must not forget that is has a bearing upon our everlasting self which is poetry.

Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?

The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.

Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.

Don't imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.