Rather than worship Confucius and Kuan Kung, one should worship…

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

I used to think that a man was sentenced to death or imprisonment because he was guilty; now I know that he is found guilty because he is disliked.

Savage as a lion, timid as a rabbit, crafty as a fox...

When you talk with famous scholars, the best thing is to pretend that occasionally you do not quite understand them. If you understand too little, you will be despised; if you understand too much, you will be disliked; if you just fail …

The so-called "peace" is an interval between wars.

Chinese people love compromise. If you say to them, "This room is too dark, we must have a window made," they will all oppose you. But if you say, "Let's take off the roof," they will compromise with you and say "Let's have a window."