Of course imagination is the beginning of creation. Without imagination there can be no creation.

Now, five years is nothing in a man's life except when he is very young and very old...- Wang Lung

The old deep sadness of life lay in the bottom of her heart and she knew it was there, but she would not allow herself to sink into it. Out of the dark and sullen bottom of a lake the lotus flowers bloomed upon its surface, and she would pluck the flowers.

Wandering is never waste, dear boy,' he said. 'While you wander you will find much to wonder about, and wonder is the first step to creation.

His problem was the eternal question: What should he be? Inventor, scientist, artist—the energy he felt surging through him, an energy far more than physical and yet pervading the restlessness of his body, was a burden to him until he could find the path for its release.

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.