Did you ever find that there is room between the two opposing rules of a paradox? That space between two almost opposite rules is the ground where I play and write.

Impressions are like pearls; ideas are like the string that turns the pearls into a necklace. The string is invisible, but it is not dispensable and cannot be broken.

The first principle of modern cultures may be their connectedness. Culture is like wind and wind knows no boundary or center. Once there is a center, wind becomes a whirlwind.

Growth will be slower, no one denies that. But the question is: Where are the chances and opportunities now? I see some positive and some negative trends.

Many Chinese entrepreneurs are now donating for education; others support foundations in health care and research. None of us wants to be the richest guy in the cemetery.

Isolation means a lack of growth. I grew up in China at a time when the country was completely isolated. That era is over.

Thomas Hardy once advised us to record impressions more and to express ideas less. Now and then I would remember this advice.

Chinese no longer crave so much for food and accommodation, but they do crave democracy. I stand by that. I don't know which model China will follow.

I feel that it would be tedious for a person to have only one life. It would be much better to have two or three lives going on simultaneously.

What is art in the final analysis? Art is the shining forth of one's interiority.

By day I was a slave; by night, I was a prince.

If you are “playing” too much or “working” too much, you will have a reaction on the other side, which indicates your pace is off, too slow or too fast.

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

I fear God and respect God and love God.

The tree of life for me is a symbol of abundance and eternal life.

God wants to set the oppressed free from being oppressed and the oppressors free from oppressing.

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.

I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.

The most common way Jesus comes into our lives is through a broken heart.

Stop complaining about having no time for yourself and get up an hour earlier. You have the option, why not exercise it?

Poetry must be human. If it is not human, it is not poetry.