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Quotes by Chinese Authors
"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."
"Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate."
"One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage."
"The Master said, "If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment."
"The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct?"
"The world is getting so small. Young people are mobile; they want to travel around the world. When you travel around the world, you exchange culture, you want to make friends, you want to exchange things."
"The best of all leaders is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him."
"The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action."
"There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest."
"Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world."
"Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator."
"Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy."
"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."
"I know nothing about technology."
"Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure."
"I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef."
"I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study."
"I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan."
"In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements."
"Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again."
"The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound."
"To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence."
"When everyone hates a person, you should investigate thoroughly, and when everyone loves a person, you should also investigate thoroughly."
"Also in the new constitution, we want to lower the voting age from 20 years to 18 years and also gradually implement a voluntary military service in replacement of the current compulsory military service."
"Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires."
"Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!"
"He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger."
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