In the liquid amber within the ivory porcelain, the initiated may touch the sweet reticence of Confucius, the piquancy of Laotse, and the ethereal aroma of Sakyamuni himself.

The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.

True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally complete the incomplete.

Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to be based on the gruesome glory of war.

We are ever brutal to those who love and serve us in silence, but the time may come when, for our cruelty, we shall be deserted by these best friends of ours.

People are not taught to be really virtuous, but to behave properly.

Approach a great painting as thou wouldst approach a great prince.

Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same?

Welcome to thee, O sword of eternity!Through BuddhaAnd through Daruma alikeThou hast cleft thy way.

[Tea-masters] have given emphasis to our natural love of simplicity, and shown us the beauty of humility. In fact, through their teachings tea has entered the life of the people.

One master defines Zen as the art of feeling the polar star in the southern sky. Truth can be reached only through the comprehension of opposites.

Glamour comes from within. My beauty regime begins with my personality.

Some information I just keep to myself.

If there be a God and one has never sought him, it will be small consolation to remember that one could not get proof of his existence.

It is better to be drunk with loss and to beat the ground, than to let the deeper things gradually escape.

I always have the most fun on the Fourth of July. You don't have to exchange any gifts. You just go to the beach and watch fireworks. It's always fun.

We look at death through the cheap-glazed windows of the flesh, and believe him the monster which the flawed and cracked glass represents him.

We call for a new kind of offensive in the Middle East because our current approach has a track record and it's not a good one.

Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled.

I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don't dislike it.

If people leave your coalition, whose fault is it? It's your fault. You have to build a coalition that's attractive to people.