"You cannot run away from weakness you must some time fight it out or perish and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?"

"I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered."

"Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits."

"It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves."

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."

"Nothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature; but all things become so through habit."

"Vision without execution is fantasy; execution without vision is chaos. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan."