China is the greatest mystifying and stupefying fact in the modern world.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Rise above your fears and you rise above your world.

There are unlimited possibilities in life.

It seems to me that the fact that I am a woman is a bigger issue than the fact that I'm from the East. For me it isn't really important. I've only ever known myself as a woman.

We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.

It is impossible to concieve of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity.

One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you've now moved into the green room to the River Styx. You're next.

I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.

When taking a selfie, remember the most natural pose is still best

I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethics.

If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.