It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.

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.

It's brainless to assume that making changes to your window's view will give a new perspective

I have two beautiful dogs that I cherish.

Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be long enjoyed.

The bow always strung ... will not do.

Let me look into a human eye; it is better than to gaze into sea or sky; better than to gaze upon God.

I have very fond memories of my childhood in Afghanistan, largely because my memories, unlike those of the current generation of Afghans, are untainted by the spectre of war, landmines, and famine.

When it comes to the environment, the invisible hand never picks up the check.

Put good energy out. Get good energy back.

Goat screaming videos are hilarious.

But after that you don't see a lot of real good fundamental play. You see a showboat-type basketball which is almost parallel to street basketball.