Knowledge without the wisdom to use it is useless. However, that same wisdom is powerless without the will to enact it.

Coincidences only happen as often as a coincidence.

You know nothing until you realize that.

A true teacher would never tell you what to do. But he would give you the knowledge with which you could decide what would be best for you to do.

If I'm to make an idol out of anything in this world, let it be knowledge. It is free except time, but the worth it provides is immeasurable. So what if the world cannot see it until I speak.

Japan and America can learn a lot from each other. Japan values privacy, and America values intervention. The problem is that they are both blind. You must learn to help people silently to respect their privacy and worth as person.