The dogs may bark, but the caravan moves on

The hierarchy of relations, from the molecular structure of carbon to the equilibrium of the species and ecological whole, will perhaps be the leading idea of the future.

But Chinese civilization has the overpowering beauty of the wholly other, and only the wholly other can inspire the deepest love and the profoundest desire to learn.

Daoist thought is the root of science and technology in China.

Your body is a physical representation of the cumulative effect of all the experiences you’ve had throughout your life.

The way to understand any enemy is to realize that, from his perspective, he is not a villain but a hero.

you act out what it feels like to be the one who doesn’t belong. And you act it out by trying to do to others what has been done to you.

The only universal language I know of that wraps up joy and gratitude and love is laughter.

There is a very real danger of our putting our faith in our sermon rather than in the Spirit. Our faith should not be in the sermon, it should be in the Holy Spirit Himself.

It is mine to give to whom I will, like my heart.

Yeah, when you're making a film, the book is a good tool, but once you have the script and you're making a movie, you have to let go of the book.

Life will not be a pyramid with the apex sustained by the bottom, but an oceanic circle whose centre will be the individual.

By buying big - going narrow and deep, as opposed to a diversifying - you maximize your successes.

He that has most experience [is] so much more prudent than he that is new, as not to be equalled by any advantage of natural and extemporary wit- though many young men think the contrary.