"A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones."

“As a doctor, let me tell you what self-love does: It improves your hearing, your eyesight, lowers your blood pressure, increases pulmonary function, cardiac output, and helps wiring the musculature. So, if we had a rampant epidemic of self-love then our healthcare costs would go down dramatically. So, this isn't just some little frou-frou new age notion, oh love yourself honey. This is hardcore science.”

“If you were all alone in the universe with no one to talk to, no one with which to share the beauty of the stars, to laugh with, to touch, what would be your purpose in life? It is other life; it is love, which gives your life meaning. This is harmony. We must discover the joy of each other, the joy of challenge, the joy of growth.”

Source : Mitsugi Saotome (1993). “Aikido and the Harmony of Nature”, p.340, Shambhala Publications

“The man who is satisfied, because he thinks he is safe, who feels that he has religion enough, because he thinks he has enough to save him from hell, is as ignorant of the power as he is a stranger to the consolation of the gospel of Jesus Christ.”

Source : Gardiner Spring (1829). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.113

“My father raised us like... we were not allowed to see people in any sort of colors, but also we were not allowed to call people fat. If ever we were to say, 'Oh that fat person, or this person,' he would make us put a bar of soap in our mouth and count to 10. We weren't allowed to look at people like that.”

“The first painting that I realised I liked was 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch, when I was six years old, at the Prado in Madrid. I still find myself returning there every time I'm in the city.”

“Even the most careful and expensive marketing plans cannot sell people a book they don't want to read.”

Source : Michael Korda (1999). “Another Life: A Memoir of Other People”, Random House Incorporated

“All human desire is poised on an axis of paradox, absence and presence its poles, love and hate its motive energies.”

“Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many.”