Beau

“Translation is always a treason, and as a Ming author observes, can at its best be only the reverse side of a brocade- all the threads are there, but not the subtlety of colour or design.”
― Kakuzo Okakura, Book of Tea

“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”
― Marshall McLuhan

“The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.”
― William James

“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
― Abraham Lincoln