Padley And Venables Quotes & Sayings

Master Dongguo asked Zhuangzi, "This thing called the Way - where does it exist?"
Zhuangzi said, "There's no place it doesn't exist."
"Come," said Master Dongguo, "you must be more specific!"
"It is in the ant."
"As low a thing as that?"
"It is in the panic grass."
"But that's lower still!"
"It is in the tiles and shards."
"How can it be so low?"
"It is in the piss and shit! — Zhuangzi

I love the acquaintance of young people; because, in the first place, I do not like to think myself growing old. In the next place, young acquaintances must last longest, if they do last; and then, sir, young men have more virtue than old men; they have more generous sentiments in every respect. — Samuel Johnson

If you don't build your dream someone will hire you to help build theirs. — Tony A. Gaskins Jr.

Type A Ellie liked to know the rules, like knowing what to expect. Flying blind made her nervous. He prepared to make her all kinds of nervous. — Samanthe Beck

I am quite sure ... I have no race prejudice, and I think I have no color prejudices, nor caste prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any society. All I care to know is that a man is a human being - this is enough for me; he can't be any worse. — Mark Twain

For some reason, the less you pay for a watch, the surer you can be that it will never stop. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

In order to keep pace with the influx of work I had to take on fresh hands. — James Nasmyth

[Thou] mad mustachio purple-hued maltworms! — William Shakespeare