In life there are two things which are dependable. The pleasures of the flesh and the pleasures of literature.

Pleasing things: finding a large number of tales that one has not read before. Or acquiring the second volume of a tale whose first volume one has enjoyed. But often it is a disappointment.

8. The Cat Who Lived in the PalaceThe cat who lived in the Palace had been awarded the head-dress of nobility and was called Lady Myobu.

A palm-leaf carriage should move slowly, or else it loses its dignity.

27. TreesI shall say absolutely nothing about the spindle tree.

If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.

Faith is the force of life.

We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community.

The Saints come, as human as a mouth, with a bag of God in their backs, like a hunchback, they come, they come marching in.

Intelligence is not a competition," she said. "There is plenty to go around, and there are many ways it can be demonstrated.

He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.

A tribulation gives you the opportunity to test a truth you have always believed.

If you live in Europe . . . things change . . . but continuity never seems to break. You don't have to throw the past away.

Man is busy desiring to find something which only he can do so that his ego acquires importance.

I feel like I get really stressed out sometimes. I just want someone to tell me, "Relax, it's all going to be okay." I think that's all we really need.