Kentetsu Takamori Quotes

#1. It's nice not to have to worry about applying for things. It's really a different existence.

John Brandon

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

Kentetsu Takamori

#3. Taste has never been corrupted by simplicity.

Joseph Joubert

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

Kentetsu Takamori

#5. The power of the State must be invoked for restoring economic freedom just as it has been invoked for destroying economic freedom.

Hilaire Belloc

#6. Everyone makes mistakes. Whether we put our mistakes to use depends on how deeply we reflect on our actions. It is desirable to reflect until the tears come.
- On Self-Reflection -

Kentetsu Takamori

#7. By modulating the amount of blue in our environment, we can help people to relax, or to be alert; to fall asleep, or to stay awake.

Rogier Van Der Heide

#8. Absent a sense of the preciousness of one's own life, why respect the life of anyone else?

Kentetsu Takamori

#9. How wonderful it would be if people did all they could for one other without seeking anything in return! One should never remember a kindness done, and never forget a kindness received.

Kentetsu Takamori

#10. If grace acts in us, grace, and not we who do the work, will be crowned,

John Calvin

#11. Health, wealth, reputation, and status are all mere ingredients of happiness. The key to true well-being is being able to manage them capably.

Kentetsu Takamori

#12. Arts are what free and thriving people do with their time after their critical needs have been met.

Mark Noble

#13. Bliss and suffering, it seems, always go hand in hand.

Kentetsu Takamori

#14. Greed kills us all.

Kentetsu Takamori

#15. Amida's unimpeded light is the sun of wisdom that destroys the mind of darkness.
(Preface in Teaching, Practice, Faith, Enlightenment)

Kentetsu Takamori

#16. How people will talk about one's doings!" Fancy exclaimed.
"Well, if you make songs about yourself, my dear, you can't blame other people for singing 'em.

Thomas Hardy

#17. Almighty God, I hope in you.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#18. Since living is believing, no one can be completely lacking in faith.

Kentetsu Takamori

#19. Knowing life's purpose would invest everything one did with meaning.

Kentetsu Takamori

#20. Change yourself, and others will follow.

Kentetsu Takamori

#21. On the Brevity of Our Ties
Ties in this world last only for a time. We are husband and wife, parent and child, for a short period only. Once this reality sinks in, we cannot help treasuring each moment of our brief association.

Kentetsu Takamori

#22. If you are fortunate enough to enjoy great success, you should never forget the spirit of the beginner, and not grow indolent and arrogant.

Kentetsu Takamori

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

Kentetsu Takamori

#24. No one should ever despair because the entrance to his or her chosen career path is clogged. There is an ancient saying: The persistent drip wears through stone.

Kentetsu Takamori