Any idealism is a proper subject for art.

The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in comprehending Western subjects.

All good work is done the way ants do things: Little by little.

Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change.

In order to comprehend the beauty of a Japanese garden, it is necessary to understand - or at least to learn to understand - the beauty of stone.

No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means, until he has a child and loves it. And then the whole universe changes and nothing will ever again seem exactly as it seemed before.

The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.

To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream.

A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.

Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.

One thing is always wrong-always: to cause suffering in others for the purpose of gratifying one's own pleasures; that is everlastingly wrong.

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.

Time heals many wounds but this loss becomes the defining sadness of your life.

Happiness is a garden walled with glass: there's no way in or out.

He pulled away to say he's sorry, and she shook her head no, because even though she really want him to be sorry, she wanted to kiss him more.

Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.

You're not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.

I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.

Let’s be clear about this. The rejection of the constitution was a mistake that will have to be corrected.