Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Never complain and never explain.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
In the final analysis, the incident is seen as originating from an emotional expression of the frustration and anger of the proud people of China who had been subject to ever increasing oppression from without and decadent corruption from within.