Applauds of the ignorant majority are worthless; applauds of the wise minority are priceless! Look carefully, who are applauding you? Look carefully, who are blessing you? Mud in the ground or stars in the sky?

In life, always choose a serious rival even if you know you have no chance to win, because a good rival is always a good teacher!

Show me a clever nation; then I will show you a clever government!

Old houses are full with memories and that's why they resist to collapse!

When the moonlight and the waterfall come together, all other things fade from the scene!

Your mind is your spirit; do not seek any other hidden soul inside you! All is in the brain! The depiction of a spirit rising to the sky is no more real than a medieval Scandinavian fairytales!

Earthworms cannot be painters. Those who live in the darkness can never perceive and appreciate the beauties of the light!