prophecies do not alter fate, only confirm it.
If mortals wait until the gods remake the world to their liking to be happy, they are already in hell.
The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish.
Principles have a way of yielding to power.
you must not use wood to put out the fire.
Like most Chinese, I am basically a fatalist - too sophisticated for religion and too superstitious to deny the gods.