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"What a strange thing!to be alivebeneath cherry blossoms."

"Too lazy to be ambitious,I let the world take care of itself.Ten days' worth of rice in my bag;a bundle of twigs by the fireplace.Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment?Listening to the night ra..."

"Tokyo is bigger than Kumamoto. And Japan is bigger than Tokyo. And even bigger than Japan... Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don't ever surrender yourself ― not to Japan, not to any..."

"Some nonreligious people are disgruntled by the word "faith," feeling that it has no connection to them. But we all have faith. Broadly speaking, "faith" does not apply only to belief in the supernatu..."

"What comes from the heart will go to the heart"

"Living in a world such as this is like dancing on a live volcano."

"Japan likewise put her hopes of victory on a different basis from that prevalent in the United States. (...) Even when she was winning, her civilian statesmen, her High Command, and her soldiers repea..."

"What each of us believes in is up to us, but life is impossible without believing in something."

"Many Buddhist temple priests regard their parishioners as possessions and fear their departure as a diminishing of assets."

"Why has pachinko swept Japan? It can hardly be the excitement of gambling, since the risks and rewards are so small. During the hours spent in front of a pachinko machine, there is an almost total lac..."