It is a common failing of childhood to think that if one makes a hero out of a demon the demon will be satisfied.

The cynicism that regards hero worship as comical is always shadowed by a sense of physical inferiority

Is there not a sort of remorse that precedes sin? Was it remorse at the very fact that I existed?

If we look on idly, heaven and earth will never be joined. To join heaven and earth, some decisive deed of purity is necessary. To accomplish so resolute an action, you have to stake your life, giving no thought to personal gain or loss.

As long as you know I am waiting, take your time flowers of the spring.

When people concentrate on the idea of beauty, they are, without realizing it, confronted with the darkest thoughts that exist in this world. That, I suppose, is how human beings are made.

Young people get the foolish idea that what is new for them must be new for everybody else too. No matter how unconventional they get, they're just repeating what others before them have done.