“When I get tired, and I don't think I have another ounce of energy left, I just cling to God's hem.~Mama Sato”

“A person who never suffers has no chance to become strong in mind and body. ~ Tochan Sayo”

“It is hard to provide proof of love. And yet love undeniably does exist. It is only that humans fail to recognize it when and where it does.Unbeknownst to me at the time, the world was overflowing in love...and now I live at last in the midst of that flow...”

“No matter how much you reach the moon...you can never actually grab it. Even if one knows that something is unreachable it's human nature to want to try over and over...again and again..not giving up...not able to give up...dreaming that someday that hand will reach the moon.”

“If you want to be happy, then you've gotta keep smiling. No matter how long it takes... fortune comes through the merry gate!”

“I just want to make sure Mama. Sometimes I don’t even know what I want. A lot of times I’m just tired.” Mama reached up and smoothed Liza’s curls away from her face. “Well darlin’, that’s the sign of a life being lived. I think we’re all tired when we’re giving it our best.”

“Mama, you don’t understand. It’s all a matter of ideas, and God is just one idea I don’t acept. It’s not important. I am not going out and commit crimes or be immoral because I don’t believe in God. I don’t even think about it. It’s just that I get so tired of Him getting credit for all the things the human race achieves through its own stubborn effort. There simply is no God! There is only Man, and it’s he who makes miracles!”