“Shape I may take, converse I may, but neither god nor Buddha am I, rather an insensate being whose heart thus differs from that of man.”

“Without a constant livelihood, there will be no constant heart.”

“In friendship, bond not with a shallow man.”

“The moon glows on the river, wind rustles the pines.Long night clear evening--what are they for?”

“...wealth without pride is the way of the great sage.”

“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...”

“May it please your Majesty I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me whose servant I am here.”