Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. 

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

Those revolutionaries who have, by chance, escaped the gallows should live and show to the world that they cannot only embrace gallows for the ideal but also bear the worst type of tortures in the dark, dingy prison cells.

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dull or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.

Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty.

I came across few whites as a boy at Qunu. The local magistrate, of course, was white, as was the nearest shopkeeper. Occasionally, white travelers or policemen passed through our area. These whites appeared as grand as gods to me, and I was aware that they were to be treated with a mixture of fear and respect.

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. 

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.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.