“Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage.”

“Haste is from the Devil.”

“Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.”

“Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine.”

“You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.”

“Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft.”

“Labels such as the culture wars, the science wars, or the Freud wars are now widely used to refer to some of the disagreements thatplague contemporary intellectual life ... But I would like to regi...”

“The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.”

“The one who merely flees is not yet free. In fleeing he is still conditioned by that from which he flees.”

“Flexibility is the greatest strength.”

“What I always say is that Japanese are like willow. We can be bent easily, but once you try to break us, it would not be so easy.”

“When we arrived at my home north of the city, my five-year-old son Magnus, brimming with the confidence he'd gained in two full weeks of kindergarten, opened the front door and asked John, "Is it t...”

“When the mind wants to hope it refuses to listen.”

“Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content, The quiet mind is richer than a crown...”

“It turns out that the men who ultimately, who unpretentiously value peace are willing to sacrifice their own peace of mind in order to render it. The question is, 'Who, between opposing forces, wou...”