There is nothing finer than to be alone with nothing to distract you.

If we lived forever, if the dews of Adashino never vanished, if the crematory smoke on Toribeyama never faded, men would hardly feel the pity of things. The beauty of life is in its impermanence. Man lives the longest of all living things... and even one year lived peacefully seems very long. Yet for such as love the world, a thousand years would fade like the dream of one night.

The true criminal must be defined as a man who commits a crime though he is as decently fed and clothed as others.

Are we to look at cherry blossoms only in full bloom, the moon only when it is cloudless? To long for the moon while looking on the rain, to lower the blinds and be unaware of the passing of the spring - these are even more deeply moving. Branches about to blossom or gardens strewn with flowers are worthier of our admiration.

If life were eternal, all interest and anticipation would vanish. It is uncertainty which lends it fascination.

The most precious thing in life is its uncertainty

There is nothing finer than to be alone with nothing to distract you.