"When you see the ridgepoles of the impressive houses in Heian-kyo competing to rise above one another--dwellings of p…"

"Nor is it clear to me, as people are born and die, where they are coming from and where they are going. Nor why, bein…"

"Among the four great elements recognized by Buddhism, three--fire, water, and wind--are frequently associated with di…"

"People respond to these disasters in terms of their own experience. Unless the disaster has struck them personally, t…"

""Am Morgen gestorben, am Abend geboren, das ist das Geschick des Menschen"

"As if to say— "Isn't it true for men, as well: that the more the words, the less they are of value?"— the cuckoo does…"

"When I look upon the rich sheen of summer hairs in my new brush, I am saddened by a deer drawn at night to a hunter's…"

"I had forgotten— as I kept on forgetting to remind myself that those who vow to forget are the ones who can't forget."

"All these images from a world of long ago— of what good are they? Pine winds, come—please blow away these unforgotten…"

"Even in one’s sleep, it is dreams of this world one sees, and of no other; just as there is no dawning here that brin…"