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Quotes by Chinese Authors
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
"Poverty is not socialism. To be rich is glorious."
"There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited."
"The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."
"Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength."
"The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'"
"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories."
"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."
"Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment."
"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."
"Silence is a true friend who never betrays."
"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."
"We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes."
"People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own."
"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."
"All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means."
"Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."
"To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty."
"The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long."
"To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice."
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