“Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.”
“Extreme joy and extreme sorrow are indistinguishable beyond a certain point. ("Jane Brown's Body")”
“Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either extreme egotism, selfishness, evil -- or else an absolute ignorance.”
“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.”
“Sometimes I don't even know if I'm extremely happy or extremely sad. It happens a lot when I think of you”
“the very best that can happen is to have energetic opponents. The more extreme they become, the more powerful the reaction they will have to face.”