It is impossible to govern the universe without God and the Bible.

I cannot tell a lie.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Exile is not an evil.

-- Gaius Musonius Rufus

Cato, while he lived, lived in such a way that he lacked nothing — so long as he was free to die.

-- Cato the Younger

What frees you from slavery is not wealth but needing nothing.

-- Crates of Thebes

If I were not Alexander, I would wish to be Diogenes.

-- Diogenes of Sinope

Stand a little out of my sunlight.

-- Diogenes of Sinope

In the northern darkness there is a fish called Kun. The Kun is so vast one cannot tell how many thousands of li it spans. It transforms into a bird called Peng. The back of the Peng is so vast one cannot tell how many thousands of li it spans.

-- Zhuang Zhou