I want to lead an important life. I want to do it because I was born a human being.

Love was like a toothache.

The greatest happiness of life was to stand at the difficult border between success and failure.

When a woman dislikes the man who is courting her, she parries him cleverly, like a willow in the wind.

Danger was the grindstone on which the swordsman whetted his spirit. Enemies were teachers in disguise.

The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak itself, but in the adversities encountered on the way up.

Not only must a warrior be strong with his bow, but he must have a heart full of pity for all living creatures.

It is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within.

Enemies were teachers in disguise.

It's no good to want to win still more when you have already won.

Every act is an expression of one's self.

In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the race which does not value trained intelligence is doomed.

Experience all things.

Do you really want to know how I feel?

Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself.

With English literature, if you do a bit of shonky spelling, no one dies, but if you're half-way through a maths calculation and you stick in an extra zero, everything just crashes into the ravine.

Europe is acting in a very self-destructive manner, but is doing so because it's trying to be loyal to the United States.

Never trust a man in red trousers

I know it's not good to be weak and helpless. But I don't think it's good to be too strong either. In our society, they talk about survival of the fittest. But we're not animals. We're human.

Making the big shot wouldn't feel so good if missing it didn't feel so awful

Seeing someone have a goal and I if can help them to succeed then it is a big draw for me.