In the Wu Tzu it says: 'He who would save his life shall lose it, and he who would give up his life shall save it.'

One must not be negligent in learning. In the Lun Yu it says: "To study and not to think is darkness. To think without study is dangerous."

Good medicine is bitter to the mouth, but has an effect on the disease. Faithful words hurt one's ears, but have value for one's conduct.

The man who hunts a deer does not gaze at the mountains.

One's soldier should not abuse the enemy. 'Arouse a bee and it will come at you with the force of a dragon.

When one would make a surprise attack on the enemy, he should avoid the major roads and seek out the lesser ones. Then attack.

When one is serving his master, he should exert himself.

One should not utter a word about his own inadequacies. In the Oxo it says: 'When a man lets out a single word, the long and short of him will be known.'

Everybody wishes to have something that somebody else has. And that's the root of all sorrows.

The revolution of consciousness is connected to the food revolution

Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind.

Hockey is my life, you know. If I do not play hockey, I do not know what I do.

The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.

To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage.

A fossil is so powerful. It's moving. This is my ancestor. The naturalist is moved by the fossil... not the cross.

My most memorable adventure was investigating the chalk cliffs in Yorkshire. While clambering over kelp-covered boulders half-covered by the sea, I fell and smashed my tail bone on one of them.

I've become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what I'm actually doing and what I actually deserve.

I think one of the most poignant things is unrequited love and loneliness.