In the West, the insane are so many that they are put in an asylum, in China the insane are so unusual that we worship them.

All human beings are like travelers floating down the eternal river of time, embarking at a certain point and disembarking again at another point in order to make room for others waiting below the river to come aboard.

I am put on my best behavior, which means the same thing as the most uncomfortable behavior.

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

This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.

The history omankind seems like kite flying; sometimes, when the wind is favorable, we let go the string a little and the kite soars a little higher; sometimes the wind is too rough and we have to lower it a little, and sometimes it gets caught among the tree branches; but to reach the upper strata of pure bliss-ah, perhaps never.

Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.