Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.
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.
Utterly bleak and black is not the sum of realism. All the other colors are real, too.
We produce destructive people by the way we are treating them in childhood.
The bad mood fairy comes to annoy you only when you are actually in a good position, but don't yet realise it!
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.