“To understand oneself requires patience, tolerant awareness”

“Of course, we also are soberly aware that historical problems remain in cross-strait relations, and that there will be issues in the future that will require time, patience and joint efforts to resolve.”

“The only thing that makes one an artist is making art. And that requires the precise opposite of hanging out; a deeply lonely and unglamorous task of tolerating oneself long enough to push something out.”

“To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else.”

“To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.”

“One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time.”

“The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy.”

“Inner peace is impossible without patience. Wisdom requires patience. Spiritual growth implies the mastery of patience. Patience allows the unfolding of destiny to proceed at its won unhurried pace.”

“The idea of consciousness requires not only an awareness of things, but also the awareness that one is aware.”

“If we could look into each other’s hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care.”