“WONDERLANDIt is a person’s unquenchable thirst for wonderThat sets them on their initial quest for truth.The more doors you open, the smaller you become.The more places you see and the more people you meet,The greater your curiosity grows.The greater your curiosity, the more you will wander.The more you wander, the greater the wonder.The more you quench your thirst for wonder,The more you drink from the cup of life.The more you see and experience, the closer to truth you become.The more languages you learn, the more truths you can unravel.And the more countries you travel, the greater your understanding.And the greater your understanding, the less you see differences.And the more knowledge you gain, the wider your perspective,And the wider your perspective, the lesser your ignorance.Hence, the more wisdom you gain, the smaller you feel.And the smaller you feel, the greater you become.The more you see, the more you love –The more you love, the less walls you see.The more doors you are willing to open,The less close-minded you will be.The more open-minded you are,The more open your heart.And the more open your heart,The more you will be able to Send and receive –Truth and TRUEUnconditionalLOVE.”

“Give A Child Some Measure Of Confidence And You Have Caused Him To Stand On Equal Footing With His Counterparts…”

“An open enemy is always better than a fake family.Peace of mind in having an open enemy is always better than a troubled mind in having a fake family.”

“Life is messed up. Things don’t go according to plan. Things change when we don’t want them to change. But you find a way to deal and move on.”

“Instead of writing epitaph on your grave ; more beautiful and memorable is to leave some hand written letters to your wife, sons and daughters and grandchildren.”

“Feeling connected to others gives meaning and purpose to our lives.”

“A person could waste an important part of his living if he refuses to come into significance; if he refuses to impact lives around, the family and in the community or in the society.”

“Make time while you can take time cause time will soon take all you make.”

“- Lei non è di quella zona? – gli chiese il fotografo che viaggiava con lui.- Sì, – rispose.Tuttavia non telefonò ai suoi. Junpei prese l’aereo e ritornò a Tokyo e alla sua solita routine. Non accendeva la televisione e non apriva i giornali. Quando si parlava di terremoto, taceva. Era un’eco da un passato morto e lontano. Dopo la laurea non aveva mai più messo piede in quella città. Ma ciononostante le immagini di quel paesaggio in rovina avevano riaperto in lui ferite nascoste. Sembrava che quel disastro immane, fatale, stesse modificando impercettibilmente ma inesorabilmente diversi aspetti della sua vita. Provava un profondo senso di solitudine, mai avvertito prima.Non ho nessuna radice, pensava, non sono legato a nulla.”

“To all those who care, You can’t forever. Time steals the years,And your reflection in the mirror.But I can still see the story in your eyes, And your timeless passion that’s never died.While your skin became tired,Your heart became strong,The present became the past,And your memories like a song.And though the moment at hand is all that we have, You’ve taught me to live it like it is our last.Since two words don’t say ‘thank you’ the way they are meant to,I’ll try all my life to be something like you.”

“Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, “What is it that you want from me?”

“Son, it is bad for a man to be condemned by his children, more so by the sons he cherishes.”

“Isn’t materialism the cause of much that is evil in the land of mortal souls?”

“It’s a mistake to believe that they (parents) are responsible for their children’s best future. This responsibility is on their children, and that’s the message they should be conveying to their children on a daily basis.”

“Mistakes are part of life. And yet, for some reason, most parents in this world, wish their children made no mistakes at all, or as little as possible.”