... I simply accept that technology is stronger and more powerful than me: it works when it wants to, and when it doesn't its best to go for a walk, and just wait until the cables and telephone links are in a better mood and the computer decides to work again. I am not, I have discovered, my computers master: it has a life of its own.

One can abandon one's personal legend for a time, as long as one does not forget about it entirely and returns to it as soon as possible.

Love was a feeling completely bound up with color, like thousands of rainbows superimposed one on top of the other.

We make a lot of detours, but we're always heading for the same destination

Tea ceremony is a way of worshipping the beautiful and the simple. All one's efforts are concentrated on trying to achieve perfection through the imperfect gestures of daily life. Its beauty consists in the respect with which it is performed. If a mere cup of tea can bring us closer to God, we should watch out for all the other dozens of opportunities that each ordinary day offers us.

When we are unable to receive, we deny someone else the pleasure of giving.

Only children believe they're capable of everything.