More scientific language and less diplomatic rhetoric may make this world even better.

If in a country, most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few, then this country can hardly witness harmony and stability.

Confidence is the most important thing, more important than gold or currency.

The speed of the fleet is not determined by the fastest vessel; rather it is determined by the slowest one.

I believe I and all the Chinese people have such a conviction that China will make continuous progress and the people's wishes for and needs for democracy and freedom are irresistible.

I have a dream to provide every Chinese, especially children, sufficient milk each day.

If people are able to run the affairs of a village well, eventually they’ll be able to run a township, and a county.

Only when the masses are reassured, can the country be at peace. Only when the country is at peace, can the leaders be relieved.

Sino-Japanese relations will certainly brighten more in the future and the flowers of friendly Sino-Japanese relations will increase their beauty.

Cooperation is just like two pagodas - one hardware and one software. Combined, we can take the leadership position in the world.

Only science and the spirit of seeking truth from facts can save China. I firmly believe in this.

The world I once knew as a boy has changed dramatically . . . I don’t even recognize the world we live in today.

Knives and candlelight, ” he said, “how romantic.

Control.... is not what we need.What we need is to bend to the tempest like pine and palm trees - flexible, adaptive, attuned, yet fully rooted in our principles.

There are books that a writer undertakes because she wants to go on a journey, and there are journeys a writer undertakes because she wants to write a book.

But I didn't understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.

There are many families where the whole interest of life is centered upon the dog.

I don't think of myself as a symbol of the sixties, but I do think of myself as a symbol of following through on your beliefs.

The entire western Siberian sub-Arctic region is melting, and it has all happened in the last three or four years.

Unbalance so as to re-balance.

If you are just yourself, that's when people start gravitating towards you because nobody else can be you except you. Be authentic, don't give up, and start today.