"I try to figure out - intellectually, philosophically, psychologically - what the experience of beauty is."

“Geology differs from physics, chemistry, and biology in that the possibilities for experiment are limited.”

Source : "The Scientific Character of Geology". The Journal of Geology, Vol. 69, No. 4, pp. 453-463, July 1961.

“The world of life, of spontaneity, the world of dawn and sunset and starlight, the world of soil and sunshine, of meadow and woodland, of hickory and oak and maple and hemlock and pineland forests, of wildlife dwelling around us, of the river and its wellbeing--all of this [is] the integral community in which we live.”

“I have not lost any of my crazy, fearless, raw, soulful, eclectic side and I plan on continuing to tell universal stories in an unforgettable way.”

“It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West.”

“People cannot live completely by themselves.”

Source : "Words to Live by Hiroo Onoda" by Judit Kawaguchi, archive.is. January 16, 2007.

“Your thoughts of God are too human”

“Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.”

“This country [the Philippines] is like a pyramid, like a tower. It is made up of millions of stones... . And the foundation stone of this pyramid is the common man.”