The older I get, the more beauty I see in the word renunciation.

The older I get, the more beauty I see in the word renunciation.

Male initiation does not move toward machoism; on the contrary, it moves toward achieving a cultivated heart before we die.

Adulthood has something to do with not choosing any of the pure points of view, but living about half of what you really want to live.

I wanted to spend all my time writing poetry. But when I had children I couldn't do that anymore.

What you feel in Japanese poetry is always entirely longing.

I have risen to a body not yet born, existing like a light around a body through which the body moves like a sliding moon.