The ignorant are like useless, brackish soil; They exist and that is all.

How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?

The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange.

There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it.

Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.

The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented.

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water, So men's height is just as great as their inner strength.

Real kindness seeks no return.

Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.

The silence is becoming more poisonous and I have no one to talk with, not even my own self

The biggest enemies we have to overcome on the road to success are not a lack of ability and a lack of opportunity but fears of failure and rejection and the doubts that they trigger.

If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us.

I'm not buying a boat because of writing skits.

In the eternal youth of Nature, you may renew your own.

The stars up close to the moon were pale; they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon

We have a mighty task before us. The earth needs our assistance.

For me to be ten pounds thinner is a full-time job, and I am handing in my notice and walking out the door!!

The thing I liked about writing about food when I started it was that I felt I was writing about food in a different way. Not like a food writer.

By the way, Japan is also known to be actively engaged in manned space flights as part of the International Space Station.