Only a fighting nation can make itself responsible for world peace, and such a nation must organize its material resources and manpower with the highest possible degree of efficiency.

We write our own destiny ...we become what we do.

The sky cannot have two suns.

It was entirely due to my mother [a devout Buddhist] and her kindness and perseverance that the family was saved from utter ruin. For a period of 17 years--from the age of 9 until I was 25 years old--my mother never spent a day free from domestic difficulties.

War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale.

China has no desire to replace Western imperialism in Asia with an Oriental imperialism or isolationism of its own or anyone else.

My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic.