There is no virtue in curiosity. In fact, it might be the most immoral desire a man can possess.

If we value so highly the dignity of life, how can we not also value the dignity of death No death may be called futile.

By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.

Amid the moon and the stars, amid the clouds of the night, amid the hills which bordered on the sky with their magnificent silhouette of pointed cedars, amid the speckled patches of the moon, amid the temple buildings that emerged sparkling white out of the surrounding darkness - amid all this, I was intoxicated by the pellucid beauty of Uiko's treachery.

It is a common failing of childhood to think that if one makes a hero out of a demon the demon will be satisfied.

It seems to me that before the photograph can exist as art it must, by its very nature choose whether it is to be a record or a testimony.

A father is a reality-concealing machine, a machine for dishing up lies to kids, and that isn't even the worst of it: secretly he believes that he represents reality.