Lao Tzu pales in comparison to Master Li

" I will point out that a noise some people hear and others don’t isn’t speaking to the ears. It’s speaking to the heart, and you have a hole in your heart. All young people do. It’s there to catch the wonderful things of the world, and later on it gets filled up by broken things. Forget about your ears. Listen with your heart."

"The supernatural can be very annoying until one finds the key that transforms it into science," he observed mildly. "I''m probably imagining complications that don’t exist. Come on, Ox, let’s go out and get killed."

The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox 

- Barry Hughart