Thank you for the confidence put in my by the motherland and the people, for giving me this chance to represent China's millions of women by going into space.

As a female pilot, the sacred rose garden in my heart is the motherland's blue sky.

I believe in persevering. If you persevere, success lies ahead of you.

I am grateful to the motherland and the people. I feel honored to fly into space on behalf of hundreds of millions of female Chinese citizens.

Baby eagles can never soar under their family's wing.

From day one, I have been told I am no different from the male astronauts. As a pilot, I flew in the sky. Now that I am an astronaut, I will fly in space.

Performing tai chi in space - it is comfortable we got more outer space chi.

I witness that I’m out of alignment with my power. I choose to see peace instead of this.

Usually when someone is angry we hear their angry words. Instead, try hearing the unspoken, “I am scared, I am frustrated, I am insecure, I am vulnerable, I am threatened.

Having pets in the house helps everyone have a reverence for life.

It is really like a family. We are around each other more than we are around anybody else. The time we spend together, and the hard work we put in together, it is going to build a close team.

The modern moralists extol ... the cult of practical activity in defiance of the disinterested life.

Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don't do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.

This book is dedicated to all of my friends who helped me get to where I am today - you know who you are... and when I find you I am going to kill you.

I'm too passionate about what I do. I like to get involved.

I think I’ll just go take a shower,” I said. It wasn’t until Samuel stiffened that I remembered I’d just come out of the shower. So much for playing normal.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.