I never imagined I'd write a book.
Absence of Quality is the essence of squareness.
A person isn't considered insane if there are a number of people who believe the same way. Insanity isn't supposed to be a communicable disease. If one other person starts to believe him, or maybe two or three, then it's a religion.
Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion. Then, when you're no longer thinking ahead, each footstep isn't just a means to an end but a unique event in itself. To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountains which sustain life, not the top.
Care and Quality are internal and external aspects of the same thing. A person who sees Quality and feels it as he works is a person who cares. A person who cares about what he sees and does is a person who’s bound to have some characteristic of quality.
The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality.
My favorite piece of technical writing: Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind.
I think a lot of us share a fear that we and people we love will lose control of our own destinies at the end of life.
A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.
Walt Disney believed in himself instead of worrying what others were saying.
I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.