Australia and New Zealand are now threatened by the might of the Imperial Japanese forces, and both of them should know that any resistance is futile.

I would point out that Japan's proposal at the Versailles Peace Conference on the principle of racial equality was rejected by delegates such as those from Britain and the United States

The moment the first American soldier sets foot on the Japanese mainland, all prisoners of war will be shot.

It goes without saying that when survival is threatened, struggles erupt between peoples, and unfortunate wars between nations result.

The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia

With options thus foreclosed, in order to protect and defend the nation and clear the obstacles that stood in its path, a decisive appeal to arms was made.

Nevertheless, China was unfortunately unable to understand Japan's real position, and it is greatly to be regretted that the Sino-Japanese War became one of long duration

To advocate a New Order was to seek freedom and respect for peoples without prejudice, and to seek a stable basis for the existence all peoples, equally, and free of threats

At the Imperial Conference on December 1, it was decided to make war against England and the United States

Nevertheless, China was unfortunately unable to understand Japan's real position, and it is greatly to be regretted that the Sino-Japanese War became one of long duration.

The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia.

Kindness is more persuasive than force.

The Universe is very, very big.

There are many other [then ISIS] terrorist organizations. And their primary victims are Muslims. I think that's very important.

I've had good publishers and bad publishers, and you've got to learn when the advice is sensible and when it's not.

No man's really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might be.

When I was a kid, for me, the '60s seemed so far away. But I was actually born in the late '60s.

Meditation, in all its forms and traditions, is an invitation to listen, to open, to quietly enlist the courage to be touched and formed by life.

I keep a quotes journal - of every sentence that I've wanted to remember from my reading of the past 30 years.

Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously.