Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.

A good traveller is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveller does not know where he came from.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

We (the Chinese) eat food for its texture, the elastic or crisp effect it has on our teeth, as well as for fragrance, flavor and color.

Reality - Dreams = Animal Being Reality + Dreams = A Heart-Ache (usually called Idealism) Reality + Humor = Realism (also called Conservatism) Dreams - Humor = Fanaticism Dreams + Humor = Fantasy Reality + Dreams + Humor = Wisdom

There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.

I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.