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Quotes by Chinese Authors
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
"When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard."
"The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."
"I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man."
"Poverty is not socialism. To be rich is glorious."
"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories."
"There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited."
"We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes."
"We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view."
"The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are all sorts of misunderstandings, and to a certain extent, people do not get the full picture from the media. A lot of foreigners have few opportunities to visit China, and a lot of Chinese people do not have the chance to go to Europe or to the West."
"The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long."
"Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men."
"Silence is a true friend who never betrays."
"To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice."
"For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write in the future will follow in that vein. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction."
"A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies."
"Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment."
"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."
"Somebody who was born in this country who visited China would later face difficulty getting back in to the USA. We have to keep in mind that the struggles of the Chinese against these exclusion laws really laid down the foundations of civil rights law."
"Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."
"I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river."
"At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want."
"The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand."
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