“The truth of Zen, just a little bit of it, is what turns one's humdrum life, a life of monotonous, uninspiring commonplaceness, into one of art, full of genuine inner creativity.”

“My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.”

“Mercy will we overcome thisOh one by one could we turn it aroundMaybe carry on just a little bit longerAnd I try to give you what you need”

“There is, in truth, no genuine confrontation between faith and law; there is no choice between them. If one starts out with a philosophy of despair and is willing to abandon life in its biological and socio­-historica1 fullness to its doom of futility and meaninglessness, one is bound to seek salvation in some otherworldly spiritual redemption. One has not chosen faith and rejected law', one has rejected life and thus needs no law.”

“Maybe times are never strange to women: it is just one continuous monotonous thing full of the repeated follies of their menfolks.”

“The truth is life is full of joy and full of great sorrow, but you can't have one without the other.”