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Quotes by Chinese Authors


"Balk the enemy's power force him to reveal himself."

"Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility."

"Through the continued accumulation of detailed and reliable knowledge about elementary reactions, we will be in a better position to understand, predict and control many time-dependent macroscopic chemical processes which are important in nature or to human society."

"Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die."

"The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power."

"We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution."

"Still, as much as I wish Ballistic Kiss could be a better film, the recognition it gained from critics and at festivals speaks for itself."

"Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature."


"Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home."

"Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world."

"I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills."

"The Jesuits had learned that a Christian mission to China could never succeed if it were not in a position to show and convince the Chinese intelligentsia of the superiority of the European culture."

"It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even as the Japanese; and they are certainly not so religious as the Christian missionaries desire them to be."

"Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate."

"There are big problems that change the world. If we are working together, that will make us understand each other, appreciate each other, help each other."

"The international community should treat this as a window of opportunity to ramp up preparedness and response."

"When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each other, when you get close to them, you discover that you're suddenly eager to know him or her even better."


"Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared."

"Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously, precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world."

"I am just a normal professional with a great job and a great life."

"A multi-polar world can not exist without recognising the status and participation of developing countries."

"I believe that the best cameraman is one who recognizes the source, the story, as the basis of his work."

"Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them."

"And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority."

"He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough."
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