To achieve the ultimate Confucian objective—a virtuous society—America has favored the rule of laws over Confucian-style virtues.

China has no choice but to emulate the power of America’s founding ideas and its journey through the universal values of democratic freedom and individual rights.

Individual identities and national destines were shaped by the tripod of history, geography, and philosophy.

History is the archaeology of the present and future.

A convergence exists in the search for human excellence on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.

China seems to have skillfully adapted a Monroe Doctrine, or “Ménluó” (a transliteration of the word “Monroe”) Doctrine, in America’s backyard.

Democratically-oriented Jeffersonian inspiration has prevailed throughout history and certainly been more admired than capitalistic Hamiltonian-style motivations of greed and power.

The traditional Confucian structure that invoked ideals of perfect human virtue for harmony must incorporate the rule of law for the modern era.

This two-track plan of nationalism and development (in China) is a historically powerful weapon.

China is constantly reinventing itself and so is the United States.

Clary, " he said. "You're Clary. You're my best friend.

Peace is not the absence of war but the absence of fear.

You do not destroy an idea by killing people, you replace it with a better one.

Love is the most incredible gift to give and to receive as a human being.

He that lives most dies most.

When you're the lead of a series, things happen around you, and you react to them.

You meet the same people on the way down that you meet on the way up, but you're going the other way.

Why is the United States behaving so arrogantly? All that (Mr. Bush) wants is Iraqi oil.

All your seriousness is about sandcastles. And you yourself will leave them one day, trampling them down, and you will not look back. The people who take it seriously miss the beauty of playfulness.

And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.