When men imagine a female uprising, they imagine a world in which women rule men as men have ruled women.

If you pick a fight with one man or woman who is in pain you are already out numbered.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

It is Peter himself that He says, 'You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.' Where Peter is, there is the Church. And where the Church, no death is there, but life eternal.

I became a journalist because one didn't have to specialise.

We talk of wild animals but man is the only wild animal. It is man that has broken out. All other animals are tame animals; following the rugged respectability of the tribe or type.

Ivory may not be so white as snow, but the whole Arctic continent does not make ivory black.

I accept the fact I am an unregenerate egghead.

Happiness will never come if it's a goal in itself; happiness is a by-product of a commitment of worthy causes.

The more you practice zazen, the more you will be able to accept something as your own, whatever it is.

Martin Luther was asked, what would you do if tomorrow the world would come to an end, and he said, 'I would plant an apple tree today.' This is a real good answer. I would start shooting a movie.