宁可选择自由的贫困，也不愿选择奴隶般的富裕。

Stay humble and work hard.

——抵日本神户时谈话，1895年11月12日

And when two such people encounter each other, and their eyes meet, the past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written by one hand only. It is the hand that evokes love, and creates a twin soul for every person in the world. Without such love, one's dreams would have no meaning.

Sometimes the simplest ideas make the best stories.