“Perfect does not mean perfect actions in a perfect world, but appropriate actions in an imperfect one.”

“What is Zen? Zen means doing anything perfectly, making mistakes perfectly, being defeated perfectly, hesitating perfectly, doing anything perfectly or imperfectly, perfectly. What is the meaning of this perfectly? How does it differ from perfectly? Perfectly is in the will; perfectly is in the activity. Perfectly means that at each moment of the activity there is no egoism in it… our pain is not only our own pain; it is the pain of the universe. The joy of the universe is also our joy. Our failure and misjudgment is that of nature, which never hopes or despairs, but keeps on trying. R. H. Blyth”

“He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes.”

“Gains for all our lossesThere are gains for all our lossesThere are balms for all our painsBut when youth the dream departsIt takes some thing from our heartsAnd never comes againWe are stronger and are betterUnder manhood’s sterner reignStill we feel that some thing sweet Followed youth with flying feetAnd will never come again.Some thing beautiful has vanishedAnd we sigh for it in vainWe behold it every where----On the earth and in the air----But it never comes again.”

“When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.”

“I see perfection in pure action!”

“Oftentimes people expect Christians to be perfect but the reality is...Spiritual perfection is imperfection! God then does His best work.”