For forty years, I have devoted myself to the cause of the people's revolution with but one aim in view - the elevation of China to a position of freedom and equality among the nations.
Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.
Who says I am not under the special protection of God?
What do you want to get done? In what order of importance? Over what period of time? What is the time available? What is the best strategy for application of time to projects for the most effective results?
A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine and that the Japanese people are superior to other races.
The line of demarcation between history and legend is too thin to observe while writing; the two overlap each other unconsciously and unknowingly.
Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
A leader has to 'appear' consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.
When the people share everything in the state, then will we truly reach the goal of the Min Sheng Principle, which is Confucius' hope of a 'great commonwealth.'
Well, that is very imperative to let North Korea open door to outside.
Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you.
Because all the thought processes are limited, they are conditioned, and the thought does not touch directly with the reality, the truth; thoughts only grasps at the image of the truth.
Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest jean store and overturn the racks of blue denim.
God looked down on this country because this country was founded on the rock and that rock was our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And when the storms came and the rains came, the rock, it did not move. But over the last 15 or 20 years, something began to erode.
If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.
At each of these northern posts there were interesting experiences in store for me, as one who had read all the books of northern travel and dreamed for half a lifetime of the north; and that was - almost daily meeting with famous men.
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
I'm committed to fulfilling my promises to my people, including my pledge to engage in constructive interaction with the world.
Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
I do know that Syria never will recognize Lebanon as an independent country, and the declaration of independence of Lebanon took place in 1943. Syria never - Syria never have recognized Lebanon. They regard Lebanon as part of Syria.
Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
Right is right, even if no one else does it.
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
Let a hundred flowers bloom.
Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it.
I have need of Rigaud. He is violent. I want him for carrying on war; and that war is necessary to me.
Revolution is usually a bloody affair. Our Revolution of 1911 did not shed much blood because our people are a peace-loving people. This peace-loving quality is the greatest virtue of the Chinese.
Mormonism is the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ; of which I myself am not ashamed.
We should steadily intensify the work of establishing the Party's monolithic leadership system to make the whole Party share ideology with the Party Central Committee, breathe the same breath as it, and keep pace with it.