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The word of God surpasses earthly orders. — James Clavell

If you're a sailor, best not know how to swim. Swimming only prolongs the inevitable - if the sea wants you and your time has come. — James Clavell

That's the first rule of survival in enemy waters: volunteer nothing. — James Clavell

You're a cruel, cold-gutted, heartless bastard but you've got majesty, no doubt about that. — James Clavell

We have a saying that time has no single measure, that time can be like frost or lightning or a tear or siege or storm or sunset, or even like a rock. — James Clavell

The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world, and the most dangerous. — James Clavell

Who knows what tomorrow will bring
Tomorrow is in the hands of God
Tomorrow will be a lovely day. — James Clavell

The subject of the chapter is not what we might expect from the title. — James Clavell

Christianity is a religion. Not a political ideology. — James Clavell

Isn't man but a blossom taken by the wind, and only the mountains and the sea and the stars and this Land of the Gods real and everlasting? — James Clavell

And damned nomads in Mesopotamia have again cut the telegraph - another expeditionary force is being organized to deal with them once and for all! — James Clavell

I'm saying that some men are saints. Some are happy being meek and humble and unambitious. Some men are born content to be second-best. — James Clavell

Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now. — James Clavell

Only merchants have money to waste, and what are they but parasites who create nothing, grow nothing, make nothing but feed off another's labor? — James Clavell

Let's piss on the bargain. — James Clavell

Isn't man but a blossom taken by wind, and only the mountains and the sea and the stars and this land of the gods everlasting? — James Clavell

You never know ... that's what makes life interesting. — James Clavell

In war and in peace, a good enemy can be more valuable than a good ally. — James Clavell

A man's fate is a man's fate and life is but an illusion. — James Clavell

You don't know for certain about God until you're dead. — James Clavell

How can a man be so brave and so stupid, so gentle and so cruel, so warming and so detestable
all at the same time? — James Clavell

It is simple to catch a man, all you need to know is the right bait. — James Clavell

What is pain to a man? A privilege! — James Clavell

Money means nothing to a real man. — James Clavell

You must learn to control the filth of your tongue, my son. It will send you to hell. — James Clavell

All stories have a beginning, a middle and an ending, and if they're any good, the ending is a beginning. — James Clavell

What are clouds, but an excuse for the sky? What is life, but an escape from death? — James Clavell

I send you my laughter. May Buddha bless thee and thine. — James Clavell

Life and death are the same ... Leave karma to karma. — James Clavell

God gives us intelligence to uncover the wonders of nature. Without the gift, nothing is possible. — James Clavell

Kogo, the goshawk, fluttered on his wrist and settled herself, watching him. Toranaga smiled at her. I did not choose to be what I am. It is my karma. — James Clavell

I'll thank you to remember that not so many years ago men were burned at the stake just for saying the earth went round the sun! — James Clavell

Without privacy, civilized life could not exist. — James Clavell

So much of "normal, civilized" life is bull that you can't imagine ... What frightens you, doesn't frighten me, what frightens me, you'd laugh at. — James Clavell

Horses are far worse than men for treachery... — James Clavell

It is sometimes wise to be abstract. — James Clavell

There is no need to fear. We are all in God's hands. — James Clavell

You can find friends in manure, sometimes, my son. — James Clavell

It is not wise to notice another man's woman. — James Clavell

What you do with strangers is ignore them for. No second chance, no sorry I did it, never accept an apology, but never, ever get angry with strangers. — James Clavell

The sky
Scorched by the sun,
Weeps
Fecund tears. — James Clavell

Reminding himself to remember forever that the pen's a long arm from the grave. — James Clavell

Anger is something you should only vent in front of intimates, and friends and relations. Never be angry in front of strangers because you lose face. — James Clavell

Listen, if you want peace you must learn to drink cha from an empty cup. — James Clavell

Death and life are the same thing. This is the immutable law of nature. — James Clavell

You need a good James Clavell novel, I think, to make a good miniseries. — Noah Hawley

It's only Christian to be chivalrous to your enemies. — James Clavell

Only by living at the edge of death can you understand the indescribable joy of life. — James Clavell

There is no dignity for either the sufferer or the torturer — James Clavell

The sun dances in her and she has an immense joy of life — James Clavell

The more I know, the more sure I am I know so little. The eternal paradox. — James Clavell

It's good for a man to get drunk once in a while. It releases all the evil spirits. — James Clavell

Men don't apologize to ladies. Whatever they do is correct. — James Clavell

You must be patient before you criticize. — James Clavell

Patience is important for a man, vital for a leader — James Clavell

Isn't it only laughter we can stay human? — James Clavell

It's always important to take time to study men
important men. Friends and enemies. — James Clavell

How beautiful life is and how sad! How fleeting, with no past and no future, only a limitless now. — James Clavell

For a woman, old age is never pretty. — James Clavell

Secrets never leave you in peace, however much you wish or pray. — James Clavell

Guard yourself and your conscience no one else will and know that a bad decision at the right time can destroy you far more surely than any bullet! — James Clavell

His mind docketing the important things for future transcription. — James Clavell

When a man's pride is injured, death is a small price to repay the insult. — James Clavell

Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way. — James Clavell

It's unseemly to criticize without knowledge. — James Clavell

Damn what you like, Pieterzoon. But don't damn liquor. It's the stuff of life! — James Clavell

There are seven emotions, neh? Joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate. If a man doesn't give way to these, he's patient. I'm — James Clavell

Like dew I was born
Like dew I vanish
..and all that I have ever done
Is but a dream
Within a dream — James Clavell

Sometimes full agreements, delicate agreements, should not be reduced into writing. — James Clavell

The scarcity of years does not necessitate lack of wisdom. — James Clavell

Of what real value is a title? The power is the only important thing — James Clavell

quarreling avails nothing. — James Clavell

First the priests arrive. Then the conquistadores. — James Clavell

Sometimes it's wiser to give a quarry extra line
that's how to catch a fish, neh? — James Clavell

The point is we both know life and understand death - and both believe treatment in hell and everywhere else depends on money. — James Clavell

A wise man prepares for treachery. — James Clavell

What can I do to help thee?" he asked.
"Believe there is a tomorrow. — James Clavell

By universal custom, your enemy is never more polite than when he is planning or has planned your destruction. — James Clavell

Women don't have wisdom or knowledge in political things. — James Clavell