Writing generally, it may be said that in design, roof, and general aspect, Japanese Buddhist temples are all alike. The sacred architectural idea expresses itself in nearly the same form always.

I have just dropped into the very place I have been seeking, but in everything it exceeds all my dreams.

Surely one advantage of traveling is that, while it removes much prejudice against foreigners and their customs, it intensifies tenfold one's appreciation of the good at home.

Japan offers as much novelty perhaps as an excursion to another planet.

Americans specially love superlatives. The phrases 'biggest in the world,' 'finest in the world,' are on all lips.

The 'almighty dollar' is the true divinity, and its worship is universal.

Everybody seized upon a bit of the beast. The Sultan claimed the liver, which, when dried and powdered, is worth twice its weight in gold as medicine.

A traveller must buy his own experience, and success or failure depends mainly on personal idiosyncrasies.

I also wish I'd been born with a clearly defined talent for something, or else stupid.

I exist no more, every moment a new being lives inside me.

One thing about failing repeatedly: If you're still doing it after you've failed that much, you really mean it.

Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.

As it has been finely expressed, "Principle is a passion for truth." And as an earlier and homelier writer hath it, "The truths we believe in are the pillars of our world.

I didn't really understand racism because I grew up in an all-black society, so I didn't see how it was possible not to like me!

The greatest sound in the theater is silence.

My body's in such bad shape I wear prescription underwear.

All the past we leave behind; We debouch upon a newer, mightier world, varied world, Fresh and strong the world we seize, world of labor and the march, Pioneers! O Pioneers!