Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

Life is a sum of all your choices". So, what are you doing today?

The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

Me, I trust people who show you what freaks they are. It's the ones who blend in that ya gotta watch out for.

Experience was something it was difficult to avoid, though many people had managed to keep it to a minimum.

That strange blend of the commercial traveller the missionary and the barbarian conqueror which was the American abroad.

The process of acting is no different [playing human or ape]. You're embodying the character. You're creating the psychology and the physicality. You're living the moment.

There was a time when young people respected learning and literature and now they don't.

OK, the director makes the movie. But some movies can't get made without someone like me in them.

Only the small secrets need to be protected. The large ones are kept secret by public incredulity.

Love meant different things to different people.

Don't share your fantasies unless you're sure your partner really wants to hear them.

It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world.