Once [China] had a destiny. Once she was a conqueror. Now her greatest destiny seems to be merely to exist, to survive.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Warfare is now an interlocking system of actions—political, economic, psychological, military—that aims at the overthrow of the establishedauthority in a country and its replacement by another regime.

Your mind is a blue sky where without fear you can fly.

Always our action counts for our success, not our time.

The longest life is a relatively short stint. Why pursue the superficial?

Honestly, I never really put the mic down.

The caviar was very high quality. I made an acting decision on the spot that Ismay was a big eater.

He's a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off.

The true test of courage is to be afraid and to go ahead and do it anyway - to be scared, is to have your knees knocking, but to walk on in there anyway.

When I'm with Purple, I'm totally with Purple; when I'm doing my thing, I'm totally doing my own thing.

The future is bright at Ohio State.