I'm Lucky I Had Some Teachers Who

... I Don't Think Anybody Should Avoid Mistakes. If It Is Within Their Nature To Make Certain Mistakes, I Think They Should Make Them, Make The Mistakes And Find Out What The Cost Of The Mistake Is, Rather Than To Constantly Keep Avoiding It, And Never Really Knowing Exactly What The Experience Of It Is, What The Cost Of It Is, You Know, And All The Other Facets Of The Mistake. I Don't Think That Mistakes Are That Bad. I Think That They Should Try And Not Do Destructive Things, But I Don't Think That A Mistake Is That Serious A Thing That One Should Be Told What To Do To Avoid It.

The Author Of Haiku Should Be Absent, And Only The Haiku Present.

The Things We Overcome In Life Really Become Our Strengths.

The Challenge, Whenever You Create Anything, Is To Persevere And Push Away The Negative Voices. And The More You Accomplish, The Louder They Get. The Key Is To Shut Them Off And Trust In Your Heart Where You're Going.

Haiku Is A Particularly Zen Form Of Poetry; For Zen Detests Egoism In The Form Of Calculated Effects Or Self-glorification Of Any Sort. The Author Of Haiku Should Be Absent, And Only The Haiku Present.