When the Chinese suspect someone of being a potential troublemaker, they always resort to one of two methods: they crush him, or they hoist him on a pedestal.

Hope is like a path in the countryside. Originally, there is nothing - but as people walk this way again and again, a path appears.

Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.

The ability to forget the past enables people to free themselves gradually from the pain they once suffered; but it also often makes them repeat the mistakes of their predecessors.

I have a dream that I will fulfill. And nothing else will distract me from my path.

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.

Discontent is the wheel that moves people forward.

Since someone ate crabs, others must have eaten spiders as well. However, they were not tasty. So afterwards, people stopped eating them. These people also deserve our heartfelt gratitude.

The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims.

To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect.

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.

Creatures are not entitled to register complaints about their Creator.

All that God requires of us is an opportunity to show what He can do.

Only the force of American arms, or the extremely credible threat of that force, can bring a fresh face to power.

We have the divinity of our great misery. And our solitude, with its toilsome ideas, tears and laughter, is fatally divine.

Ambassadors are honest men sent abroad to lie for their countries.

The real value of art is not always revealed by the price set upon it.

Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you'd better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day.

The fears we don’t face become our limits.

If there is any consistent enemy of science, it is not religion, but irrationalism.

If you don't know what you want, you'll probably get what somebody else wants.