In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Paris is a woman but London is an independent man puffing his pipe in a pub.

Work honestly, meditate everyday, meet people without fear and play.

Life is brief and to have to spend every day of it doing what somebody else wants you to do is not the way to live it.

I feel traveling certainly does broaden the mind. In my case certainly I feel more confident. It gives you a new perspective on the world.

A leader who loves status quo soon becomes a follower.

I feel I grew up in a different century than I live in. I think most of them are changes for the good.

If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loudly. Do not compound mispronunciation with inaudibility

In every first novel the hero is the author as Christ or Faust.

Lull'd in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are link'd by many a hidden chain; Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise! Each stamps its image as the other flies!

I have a huge interest in Japan, which is well known, including its history and culture, and so it will be very interesting for me to see and learn more about Japan.