Sometimes I'm haunted by the thought that we have only one life and that we live it provisionally, waiting in vain for the day when real life will begin. And so life passes by.

An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men.

Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.

The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists.

On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.

Liberty isn't a thing you are given as a present. You can be a free man under a dictatorship. It is sufficient if you struggle against it.

I would willingly pass my life writing and re-writing the same book - that one book every writer carries within him - the image of his own soul.

The State always stands for swindling, intrigue, and privilege, and cannot stand for anything else.

Spiritual life and secure life do not go together; to save oneself on must struggle and take risks.

A wrong war brings wrong; so does a right war.

To grow up requires a whole life but to become old one night is enough.

Lord I am willing to walk with you, take my hand.

Human excellence means nothing Unless it works with the consent of God.

True information does good.

People who have addictive problems usually have some subset of emotional difficulties that causes them to abuse substances.

I am Taiwanese as well as Chinese.

Truth is the first of jewels.

Feminism is the single most powerful social movement of our time, one that addresses every aspect of human and social life.

Even in the losses, I always saw glimpses of something that kept me going.

I do not believe in a personal God.

Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.