The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

The great misfortune of the modern English is not at all that they are more boastful than other people (they are not); it is that they are boastful about those particular things which nobody can boast of without losing them.

Dogma does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not sure about being quiet.

The Christian pities men because they are dying, and the Buddhist pities them because they are living. The Christian is sorry for what damages the life of a man; but the Buddhist is sorry for him because he is alive.

A naked moon stood in a naked sky.

For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.