Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don't learn you don't know.

When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

If you wan to steal money, don't rob a bank - open one.

The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.

Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties. He must have the courage to write the truth when truth is everywhere opposed; the keenness to recognize it, although it is everywhere concealed; the skill to manipulate it as a weapon; the judgment to select those in whose hands it will be effective; and the running to spread the truth among such persons.

In the contradiction lies the hope.