“The only true solution would be a convention under which all the governments would bind themselves to defend collectively any country that was attacked.”

Kant’s style is so heavy that after his pure reason, the reader longs for unreasonableness.

I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.

Worry is the stomach’s worst poison.

I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.

A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.

The savants will write excellent volumes. There will be laureates. But wars will continue just the same until the forces of the circumstances render them impossible.

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.

Contentment is the only real wealth.

I am a misanthrope yet utterly benevolent.

My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace.

Lying is the greatest of all sins.

Nature is man’s teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.

For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.

One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.

It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.

I am a misanthrope and yet utterly benevolent, have more than one screw loose yet am a super-idealist who digests philosophy more efficiently than food.

Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.

We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.

Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.

This is war, but we can’t attack just keep your distance.

Martial arts is for defense. It’s not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.

Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.

Focus on impact, not approval. If you believe you can change the world, which I hope you do, do what you believe is right and expect resistance and expect attackers. Keep calm and carry on!

The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.