you must not use wood to put out the fire.

If mortals wait until the gods remake the world to their liking to be happy, they are already in hell.

prophecies do not alter fate, only confirm it.

The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish.

to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.

Principles have a way of yielding to power.

Like most Chinese, I am basically a fatalist - too sophisticated for religion and too superstitious to deny the gods.

A secret, like a chore, always seems to lead to another, one even more troublesome than the first.

What harm is there in dreaming, if it eases pain? What good is reality, if it blots out hope? Can a man's mind be washed without bleaching his soul?

The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.

Oh, how terribly backwards, and yet sadly common, it is to sit scowling at family all the day long and then quickly put on a smile for strangers who drop by.

Yet she also longed for moments when she might be weak, when she need not prove anything to anyone.

Someone needs your actions to inspire his actions. Never forget, your little broken cake is someone’s daily meal! Care to share you little cake!

Some sinister secret lay buried in the heart of the graveyard!

She didn't know how she would survive when every breath stung, every tear burned, and every step took her further from the only man she'd ever loved.

For me as leader my time is nearly over but for Scotland the campaign continues and the dream will never die.

My mirror image always had to be interpreted. And for that I sought my reflection in someone else's eyes.

I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I've been looking for.

Life is vital and we should relax a little and enjoy it as we only have one life as far as I'm aware.