Quotes by James Clavell

“The skyScorched by the sun,WeepsFecund tears.”

“Listen, if you want peace you must learn to drink cha from an empty cup.”

“What is pain to a man? A privilege!”

“Wars are fought by teenagers, you realize that. They really ought to be fought by the politicians and old people who start these wars." (Interview with Don Swaim of CBS Radio-1986)”

“Without trade the world will become what it was oncea hell where only the strongest arm and the heaviest lash was law. The meek will never inherit the earth. Aye, but at least they can be protected...”

“It's a saying they have, that a man has a false heart in his mouth for the world to see, another in his breast to show to his special friends and his family, and the real one, the true one, the sec...”

“First the priests arrive. Then the conquistadores.”

“...to think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world." If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral you down into the ever-increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however,re...”

“Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way.”

“The sun dances in her and she has an immense joy of life”

“Always remember, child... that to think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral you down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think go...”

“Why is she afraid?" he asked. "She's not Anjin-san. Just a little nervous. Please excuse her. She's never seen a foreigner close to before." "Tell her when the moon's full, barbarians sprout horns ...”

“Only a real man has the right to stand at the pinnacle.”

“Patience is important for a man, vital for a leader”

“That's the first rule of survival in enemy waters: volunteer nothing.”

“And Adam ruled, for he was the King. Until the day his will to be King deserted him. Then he died, food for a stronger. And the strongest was always the King, not by strength alone, but King by cun...”

“Only merchants have money to waste, and what are they but parasites who create nothing, grow nothing, make nothing but feed off another's labor?”

“When a man's pride is injured, death is a small price to repay the insult.”

“Fallibility in a leader is very trying. Isnt it? They spill so much of other peoples blood.”

“Perhaps that is why we love life so much, Anjin-san. You see, we have to. Death is part of our air and see and earth.”