I think now the trace of egotism may have been the beginning of all his troubles

The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality.

When you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event.

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

One of the most moral acts is to create a space in which life can move forward.

Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value.

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.

My favorite piece of technical writing: Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind.

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.

Any effort that has self-glorification as its final endpoint is bound to end in disaster.

She's my girl now and I'll do anything for her at any time. I'm in love with her.

Not truth but faith it is that keeps the world alive.

Leave no stone unturned in your quest to disrupt a rock garden.

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies - bodies that are absolute instruments. And I believe in discipline, I believe in a very definite technique.

I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.

Even when you win you lose... if you didn’t learn something.

I didn't want to be an actress. I wanted to be a dentist, but you never know what life will bring you.

Knowledge must come through action.

I would just turn my back and wouldn't talk to him.