you would have to give up all else, I alone would expect you to be your sole and exclusive standard

Avoiding depression with large daily doses of television.

The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him. Be attentive, but don't be paranoiac.

Tea ceremony is a way of worshipping the beautiful and the simple. All one's efforts are concentrated on trying to achieve perfection through the imperfect gestures of daily life. Its beauty consists in the respect with which it is performed. If a mere cup of tea can bring us closer to God, we should watch out for all the other dozens of opportunities that each ordinary day offers us.

Because time isn't something that always proceeds at the same pace. It is we who determine how quickly time passes.

If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.

We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question.