Land of the rising sun

When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine.

This is the essence of all sciences - that you should know who you will be when the Day of Reckoning arrives.

Don&#39;t be surprised at Fortune&#39;s turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before.

I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.

You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don&#39;t know the value of your own soul, it&#39;s all foolishness.

I am neither of the East nor of the West, no boundaries exist within my breast.