China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backwards.

God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained. 

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.

I don't believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. 

Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.