Heraclitus somewhere says that all things are in process and nothing stays still, and likening existing things to the stream of a river he says that you would not step twice into the same river.

The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.

There is nothing permanent except change.

Big results require big ambitions.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Dogs bark at what they don't understand.

Change alone is unchanging.

Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.

What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

Some things can be fixed. Some things are just too broken.

There is something original in every one of us

I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

Humor is a very big part of life, and if you exclude humor from your book, you're not capturing a very important part of human experience.

Most people put money in their piggy bank. I buy a goose that lays golden eggs over and over again. That's what an asset is.

When fresh sorrows have caused us to take some steps in the right way, we may not complain. We have invested in a life annuity, but the income remains.

Live each day as your last, and tomorrow is forever

Wine is drinkable sunlight. It's the most glorious summer's day imaginable, captured in a bottle.

I suppose I do the Japanese because I just don't know China. Chinese popular culture has never evoked that instant of, "Whoah! What's that?" that I have with Japanese popular culture.