To glorify the past and paint the future is easy, to survey the present and emerge with some light and understanding is difficult.

Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus imagination.

Happiness for me is largely a matter of digestion.

He who is afraid to use an "I" in his writing will never make a good writer.

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.

If one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.

Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.