I hope that I'm not the type of person who, standing at the doorway to hell, strikes a heroic pose and then starts frowning with indecision.

Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth.

Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth.

I hope that I will be the last victim in China's long record of treating words as crimes.

I have no enemies and no hatred.

Life is priceless even to an ant.

My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led me to overlook the flaws of Western culture.

I have viewed the West as if it were not only the salvation of China but also the natural and ultimate destination of all humanity.

The Internet is truly God's gift to the Chinese people.

In China the underworld and officialdom have interpenetrated and become one. Criminal elements have become officialized as officials have become criminalized.

Now the entire world has its eyes on China.

When you finally decide to face all your fears, then be assured that success is knocking at your door.

What a mother wants is to hold her babies when they’re small and to be held by them once they’ve grown tall. It’s empty arms a mother dreads.

It is much easier to do and die than it is to reason why.

Keep the faith, keep the faith, keep working.

My mobile phone battery runs out all the time because all the messages come straight to me.

I want to make sure that everybody understands that the alt-right is real. It is truly terrifying, in my opinion.

Neckties satisfy modern man's desire to dress in art.

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

Politicians who wear little tennis socks with the balls at the back should not be taken seriously.

I feel that my playing on the first album was probably some of my best.