No matter how full one's head might be with the image of greatness, one was useless, I found out, unless one was a worthy man first.

There was a large crowd around us, and every face in it looked happy. We had little opportunity to talk until we reached the woods, where there were no flowers and no people.

I am a lonely man, ' Sensei said. 'And so I am glad that you come to see me. But I am also a melancholy man, and so I asked you why you should wish to visit me so often.

I thought of the new stone, of my new wife, and of the newly buried white bones beneath us, and I felt that fate had made sport of us all.

On the whole, all people are good, or at least they're normal. The frightening thing is that they can suddenly turn bad when it comes to the crunch.

The deaf cannot hear wind, but can feel its touch.The blind cannot see the sun, but can feel its warmth.

Freud was not entirely honest with himself when he said, “Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise".

Winners win losers make excuses.

When it is time for you to say goodbye to a beloved animal friend, remember that while the physical interaction ceases, the soul connection you share is eternal and remains with you both forever.

Personality too is destiny.

I grew up with the Beatles and they are still to this day my top band played in my iTunes.

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.

I support the world and love everybody. It's about spreading love and breaking down barriers, not building up hate.

In talking of evolution, it is common to have in mind a tree.

They wrong man greatly who say he is to be seduced by ease. Difficulty, abnegation, martyrdom, death are the allurements that act on the heart of man.