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.

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.

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.

Great character is forged through hardships.

If you love and care enough, you will give a lot, you will forgive a lot.

With strength you can move rocks.With faith you can move mountains.With love you can move the world.

What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth.

This was my attempt to deter cold callers: "There's no past, there's no future, just one pulsating present... Please leave your message after the tone."

A good song can make you smile, or it can make you dance or laugh or remind you of a moment.

In the great flood of human life that is spawned upon the earth, it is not often that a man is born.

I loved going along with Alice Steinbach as she goes off on this rare, wonderful adventure, an escape into discovering herself and some of the truly magical places in this world.

When bond prices fall, interest rates soar, with painful consequences for all borrowers.

I don't really watch that much TV. I have training camp to worry about.