We are working for a revolution. If we do not start it by improving the life of the soldiers, all slogans of reforming and improving society are but empty words.

We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.

The Japanese are a disease of the skin. The Communists are a disease of the heart.

War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale.

We write our own destiny ...we become what we do.

The sky cannot have two suns.

Character cannot be counterfeited, nor can it be put on and cast off as if it were a garment to fit the whim of the moment. Day by day we become what we do. This is the supreme law and logic of life.

China is the largest and most ancient of Asiatic countries, but it is not for us boastfully to talk of her right to a position of 'leadership' among those countries.

There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action.

If one does not act, one cannot understand.

China has no desire to replace Western imperialism in Asia with an Oriental imperialism or isolationism of its own or anyone else.

The only justification for looking down on anyone, is that you're going to stop and pick them up.

For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.

I don't think healthcare's a right. The only right you have is the ability to go out on an even playing field and work, and then purchase health insurance, or whatever it is.

My father always told me, you can only be your own best. In other words, if you feel you've done your best, you've done well enough.

I was never ambitious to be a good actor. I just love doing it and I seem to be quite suited for it.

A lot of what acting is paying attention.

Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day.

No matter how great a man is, the size of his funeral usually depends on the weather.

The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.

The ecological principle in agriculture is to connect the genius of the place, to fit the farming to the farm.