There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.

Why should man bother himself so much about salvation, unless he has a feeling of being doomed?

We (the Chinese) eat food for its texture, the elastic or crisp effect it has on our teeth, as well as for fragrance, flavor and color.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

In the West, the insane are so many that they are put in an asylum, in China the insane are so unusual that we worship them.

The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened.

It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action.