At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.

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.

How magical can a person be when she is blessed with infinite kindness?

You hear horror stories about scary mothers who just want their kids to be famous. I could be waitressing in a restaurant, and my mum would be happy as long as I was happy.

Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.

Once you've lost your privacy, you realize you've lost an extremely valuable thing.

The older I become, the more I think about my mother.

You ought to be able to make a nice profit and also do something to change the world.

Pugsley's First Law of Government: All government programs accomplish the opposite of what they are designed to achieve.

Every experience permanently alters the way you perceive beauty

In stocks as in romance, ease of divorce is not a sound basis for commitment.

I worry about a lot of things, but I don’t worry about achievements. I worry primarily about whether there are nightclubs in Heaven.