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.

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.

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.

The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can.

Grades and Marks do not reflect the intelligence of individuals. Intelligence differs person to person and cannot be measure at the same scale.

i wonder what would happen if I started to believe it could be a possibility rather than blocking my focus by living in fear?

Novels arise out of the shortcoings of history.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

We might want to figure out what are the positive effects of autism - mild cases.

Knowledge and belief are two seperate tracks that run parallel to each other and never meet, except in the child.

Well blest is he who has a dear one dead; A friend he has whose face will never change- A dear communion that will not grow strange; The anchor of a love is death.

I have done so much for hip-hop and 'til this day, I haven't received any awards or any recognition for it.

One day I received a call from my agent, he asked me to put myself on tape for a film that was being cast in LA. I was thrilled at the possibility alone.

If you need a miracle, be a miracle.