💬 Quotes

"He smiled understandingly—much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life."

"Sabe que más vale la pena ser buen caballero que ignorar los peligros, porque la locura que se busca por propia voluntad no es locura, sino valentía."

"La libertad, Sancho, es uno de los más preciosos dones que a los hombres dieron los cielos; con ella no pueden igualarse los tesoros que encierra la tierra ni el mar encubre."

"El sueño es el alivio de las miserias para los que las tienen despiertos."

"Amor y deseo son dos cosas diferentes; que no todo lo que se ama se desea, ni todo lo que se desea se ama."

"Sábete, Sancho, que no es un hombre más que otro si no hace más que otro."

"Se ve claramente que la historia de mi vida ha de ser escrita por algún sabio encantador; que los tales no se detienen en escribir las menudencias, por muy ocultas que sean."

"Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence."

"The art of life is to adjust ourselves readily to the changing circumstances of the day and to continue in peace."

"True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally completed the incomplete."

"Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others."

"Teaism is a religion of the art of life; it is a tender attempt to cheat the inevitable, to make a moment's beauty endure."

"In the commonness of ritual lies the magic of art; the tea-room is an oasis in the dreary waste of existence."

"Do not practice with any guilty conscience about killing a man. In learning the way of strategy, make this your main purpose."

"Perception is strong and eye sight weak. The strategy of perceiving that which cannot be seen is important."

"Fix your mind on the truth of strategy and practice day and night. Then your spirit will become broad and large, and you will freely and naturally gain power."

"Step by step walk the thousand-mile road. Do not rush; look closely at your feet."

"From one thing, know ten thousand things. When you attain the Way of strategy there will be nothing you cannot see."

"You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain."

"Francis did not merely imitate Christ; he internalized the very spirit of the Gospel, allowing the person of Jesus to radically transform his worldview, his relationships, and his daily existence."