Fine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

There is much you can learn from books and scrolls. These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

Above all, do not attempt to be exhaustive.

I learned many things about human nature, but one of the greatest is the nobility inherent within us all, for one of the greatest things about being human is the ability to be humane

A person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip a genius in society, if that person has focused goals.

The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not.

Sometimes what someone else does is really not what you expected them to do, which to be honest, sometimes doesn't work.

I hate, and yet must love the thing I hate.

Look abroad through Nature's range, Nature's mighty law is change.

Because the reward is worth the risk.

I did the marching band all throughout junior high and high school. Music was one of my favorite things in school.