Jingsheng Wei Quotes & Sayings

We must ask the high cadres ... When you suppressed the rights of others to express freely their political views, did you secure your own? — Wei Jingsheng

Stronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry,
Ferment the freckled red bitterness of love! — Arthur Rimbaud

Thy Return is as another Sun to Heaven; a new Rose blooming in the Garden of the Soul. — Omar Khayyam

The laws of history tell us that only when the old is gone can the new take its place. — Wei Jingsheng

Democracy is not a mere consequence, a certain stage in the development of society. It is the condition on which the survival of productive forces depends. — Wei Jingsheng

Why have I been chosen to deliver the message of female intelligence and its divinity to a deaf world of males? I have asked my god that question and She answered, 'Hey, why not you Roseanne?' Indeed, why not each of us? — Roseanne Barr

Every time you say no to Jesus Christ, it makes it that much harder for you to say yes to Jesus Christ. — Adrian Rogers

It is a human demolition derby! — Jim Ross

A cold, self-righteous prig who goes regularly to church may be far nearer to Hell than a prostitute. — C.S. Lewis

What must it be like to be craved that way? To return that feeling with such ferocity? — Ella Frank

We want to be masters of our own destiny. We need no gods or emperors. We do not believe in the existence of any saviour. We want to be masters of the world and not instruments used by autocrats to carry out their wild ambitions. We want a modern lifestyle and democracy for the people. Freedom and happiness are our sole objectives in accomplishing modernisation. — Wei Jingsheng

Look rather at the teachings of history, true history, not the history written by Party hacks: genuine democracy, the only valid democracy, is nourished with the blood of martyrs and with the blood of tyrants. — Wei Jingsheng

I do think Bitcoin is the first [encrypted money] that has the potential to do something like change the world. — Peter Thiel

Before you contemplate becoming immersed in the collective, make sure you become immersed in the liberation of your own individualism. Rescue yourself from seeking refuge in group think, or from being transfixed on the false security of cooperative agendas, and first master the essence of your own individuality. Only then will you really be a valuable part of a collective. — James Knight - The Philosophical Muser Blog

How the hell do you sum up your sister in three minutes? She's your twin and your polar opposite. She's your constant companion and your competition. She's your best friend and the biggest bitch in the world. She's everything you wish you could be and everything you wish you weren't. — M. Molly Backes

Memory must be patchy; what is more alarming is its face-savingness. Something in one shrinks from catching it out - unique to oneself, one's own, one's claim to identity, it implicates one's identity in its fibbing. — Elizabeth Bowen

I was very awkward as a kid. I was a square trying to fit into a circle and it never worked for me. The harder I tried, the harder I fell. For some reason I was a real target and I got beat up and called names. — Sarah McLachlan

Damn deez doilies! — Richard Feynman

Writing is a puzzle you'll spend your lifetime unlocking. You will never know it all; you will never know enough. You can always be better, and figuring out how to be better is part of the thrill and joy of the job. — Holly Lisle