"A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts."

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."

"It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship."

"Total absence of humor renders life impossible."

"The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time."

"I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer."

"Models are to be used, not believed."

"If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness."

"Whoever finds love beneath hurt and grief disappears into emptiness with a thousand new disguises."

"Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other."

"Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation."

"In Kyudo philosophy, you don't aim--you become one with the target. Then, in fact, there's nothing to aim at. I find it works well with women, too. Give it a try."