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.
prophecies do not alter fate, only confirm it.
The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish.
to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.