Nothing fruitful ever comes when plants are forced to flower in the wrong season.
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.
Principles have a way of yielding to power.
you must not use wood to put out the fire.
In yielding we are like the water, by nature placid, conforming to the hollow of the smallest hand; in time, shaping even the mountains to its will. Thus we keep duty and honor. We cherish clan and civilization. We are Chinese.