In contrast to logic, there is common sense, or still better, the Spirit of Reasonableness.

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.

Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.

The only test of a soul's salvation is its inward happiness.

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

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.

How many of us are able to distinguish between the odors of noon and midnight, or of winter and summer, or of a windy spell and a still one? If man is so generally less happy in the cities than in the country, it is because all these variations and nuances of sight and smell and sound are less clearly marked and lost in the general monotony of gray walls and cement pavements.