But I confess that "my mind to me a kingdom is" - not! Rather it is a fantastical republic, daily troubled by more revolutions than ever occurred in South America.

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.

God is my shield.God is my defender.God is my protector.

To me if you're going have a show, it should be a show. It should be entertaining and take you on a journey.

You look like a horse in a man costume

You've got to break through this idea of being light as a ballerina. The heavier you'll feel, the lighter you'll look.

Machinery makes men like itself.

Everything I do is part of my passion.

You know, it's always fun to play the bad guy at the end of the day.

Growing up, I was taught a mans word is his bond.

Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and great each other.

America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What it lacks is the heart, the humanity.