59 Quotes by Murasaki Shikibu

And among the leaves were white flowers with petals half-unfolded like the lips of people smiling at their own thoughts.

The monotony stirs many bitter recollections.

It is very easy to criticize others but far more difficult to put one’s own principles into practice, and it is when one forgets this truth, lauds oneself to the skies, treats everyone else as worthless, and generally despises others, that one’s own character is clearly revealed.

A woman who has nothing to recommend her is as rare as one who is perfect in every way.

Even those people who have no sorrow of their own often feel melancholy from the circumstances in which they are placed.