David Rockefeller

I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels.

I do not like to be unkind.

As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.

The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past.

The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.

You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.

Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor. He cut us out of the blessing of idleness and won for us the curse of labor.

If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.

The Christian’s Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.

No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.

A follower of the way has neither form nor shape, neither root nor trunk; nor dwelling place; like a fish leaping in the water.

To follow the path, look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master.

Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me.

Zen is not an art, it’s not a religion. It’s a realisation.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

Great morning!! Dear God, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for EVERYTHING! Especially my healthy baby girl!

I have a habit of running from the things I’ve prayed for and then asking God to send them again.

If you are a Christian, you are in danger. If you decided to abandon your faith and become an atheist, you also are to be liquidated according to their concept. You are in danger if you decide to become a Muslim. It is not going to save you anyway because they believe traditional Islam is hostile to their goals.

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

Right now, it’s like this.