I want to accept all the difficulties that face me in life with perseverance and patience.

My American walking shoes are new, and my Oriental eyes are old.

Fire and light compete today in the East. But there is a lot of green firewood in this fire, and there is a lot of smoke in that light.

The West for me means ambition, the East contentment. My heart is ever in one, my soul in the other.

I deposit in many banks including the bank of wisdom. The more I draw on my accounts, no matter how big the sum, the bigger my balance becomes

Like matter itself, an ideal is mutable, but indestructible. It does not die; it only undergoes a change.

The religious fanatic drew a small circle and left me, the infidel, outside it. However, I, with the help of love, won over him - I drew a large circle and included him.