Xi An Quotes

#1. The issue [Israeli-Palestinian conflict], already lasting more than half a century, has brought deep suffering to the Palestinian people and remains an important reason of extended turbulence in the Middle East region.

Xi Jinping

#2. He who knows not how to dissimulate, can not reign.

Louis XI Of France

#3. There is a species of moral, legal, and social modernism which we condemn, no less decidedly than we condemn theological modernism.

Pope Pius XI

#4. Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party [Communist Party of China] and the downfall of the State [People's Republic of China].

Xi Jinping

#5. China doesn't have a single leader. It has - a first among equals is the president, and his name will probably be Xi Jinping, almost certainly.

Evan Osnos

#6. Capitalism itself is not to be condemned. And surely it is not vicious of its very nature, but it has been vitiated.

Pope Pius XI

#7. Always moved by religious motives, the Church has condemned the various forms of Marxist Socialism; and she condemns them today, because it is her permanent right and duty to safeguard men from currents of thought and influence that jeopardize their eternal salvation.

Pope Pius XI

#8. Friends from the press, China needs to learn more about the world, and the world also needs to learn more about China. I hope you will continue to make more efforts and contributions to deepening the mutual understanding between China and the countries of the world.

Xi Jinping

#9. Promises XI. A Companion Picture XII. The Fellow of Delicacy XIII. The Fellow of No Delicacy XIV. The Honest Tradesman

Charles Dickens

#10. The development of the Internet has posed new challenges to national sovereignty, security and development interests.

Xi Jinping

#11. It remains to be seen whether the more optimistic scenario for Sino-American relations can be realised. Much rests on the shoulders of the two leaders: Obama on this score has so far been disappointing; the early signs are that Xi is a highly confident leader who thinks big.

Martin Jacques

#12. We must uphold the fighting of tigers and flies at the same time, resolutely investigating law-breaking cases of leading officials and also earnestly resolving the unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems which happen all around people.

Xi Jinping

#13. Thus it shall befall Him, who to worth in women over-trusting, Lets her will rule: restraint she will not brook; And left to herself, if evil thence ensue She first his weak indulgence will accuse.

John Milton

#14. NBA games are exciting to watch and have global appeal. They are very popular in China. I do watch NBA games on television when I have time.

Xi Jinping

#15. What could ever be a sufficient reason for excusing in any way the direct murder of the innocent? This is precisely what we are dealing with here. Whether inflicted upon the mother or upon the child, it is against the precept of God and the law of nature: 'Thou shalt not kill.'

Pope Pius XI

#16. No one has yet tested the pencil
To see how many words it can write

Xi Chuan

#17. During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.

Xi Jinping

#18. I love my black hair, but some imes I'd like to be blond, but I don't think it suits Asian girl ... What a pity!

Ming Xi

#19. During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.

Xi Jinping

#20. We will pick our way through the shards of broken objects folly leaves behind. And some of what breaks will be very beautiful.

Guy Gavriel Kay

#21. No vicarious charity can substitute for justice which is due as an obligation and is wrongfully denied.

Pope Pius XI

#22. Whether considered as a doctrine, or as an historical fact, or as a movemement, socialism, if it really remains socialism, cannotbe brought into harmony with the dogmas of the Catholic church ... Religious socialism, Christian socialism, are expressions implying a contradiction in terms.

Pope Pius XI

#23. Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate? Why did the Soviet Communist Party collapse? An important reason was that their ideals and beliefs had been shaken.

Xi Jinping

#24. To further promote anti-corruption efforts, we need to insist on the successful experiences gained through the Party's long-term anti-corruption practice. We need to actively draw on effective practices conducted by foreign countries around the world, and our own valuable heritage.

Xi Jinping

#25. We lament, too, the destruction of purity among women and young girls as is evidenced by the increasing immodesty of their dress and conversation and by their participation in shameful dances.

Pope Pius XI

#26. For though your mind is active enough, your heart is darkened with corruption, and without a pure heart there can be no full or genuine sensibility.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#27. President Obama is in China now for an economic summit in Beijing. The president wore a traditional purple silk shirt along with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. That's after they taught Putin how to put a shirt ON.

Jimmy Fallon

#28. On a winter night I hear the Easter bell:
I knock on graves and quicken the dead,
Until at last in a grave I see - myself.

(Winter Sonnets: XI)

Vyacheslav Ivanov

#29. Happiness does not fall out of the blue and dreams will not come true by themselves. We need to be down-to-earth and work hard. We should uphold the idea that working hard is the most honorable, noblest, greatest and most beautiful virtue.

Xi Jinping

#30. Neither Europe nor the United States can afford to allow Xi's grandiose vision to materialize. And so they must allow Russia to compete with China for influence in its own backyard.

Anonymous

#31. Pursuing protectionism is just like locking one's self in a dark room: Wind and rain might be kept outside but so are light and air.

Xi Jinping

#32. I love everything special or unique. Sometimes I love girly clothes, sometimes I love strong boy looks. You never know what is the next look of Ming.

Ming Xi

#33. I like to go to places where you can relax a little after you're done working.

Ming Xi

#34. In 1954, Pope Pius XI, of all people, sent some Vatican delegates on a trip to Libya with these written instructions: Do NOT think that you are going among Infidels. Muslims attain salvation, too. The ways of Providence are infinite.

Elizabeth Gilbert

#35. No one can be, at the same time, a sincere Catholic and a true Socialist.

Pope Pius XI

#36. Comrade Mao, whether he was crossing 'a sea of surging waves' or scaling 'a mountain pass impregnable as iron' always held unwaveringly to his course, setting a shining example for the Chinese Communist Party.

Xi Jinping

#37. In 1559, Duke Frederick III was summoned before the Emperor Ferdinand I at Breslau to answer the accusations of extravagance and oppression brought against him by the Silesian Estates and was deposed, imprisoned, and his son Henry XI given the Ducal crown instead.

Sabine Baring-Gould

#38. Safeguarding the interests of our Taiwan compatriots and expanding their well-being is the mainland's oft-repeated pledge and solemn promise of the new leaders of China's Communist Party central committee.

Xi Jinping

#39. Choose the best player for every position, and you'll end up not with a strong XI, but with 11 strong 1's.

Johan Cruijff

#40. One should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry

Pope Pius XI

#41. I love to doubt as well as know."
~ Dante's Inferno, Canto XI, 93: "non men che saver, dubbiar m'aggrata.

Dante Alighieri

#42. [We should] set our eyes on the future. The political differences between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan should eventually be solved step by step, and [we] can not let these problems hand on from generation to generation.

Xi Jinping

#43. CHAPTER XI TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF HIS MODE OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICExs

Charles Dickens

#44. In Town VIII. Monseigneur in the Country IX. The Gorgon's Head X. Two Promises XI. A Companion Picture

Charles Dickens

#45. Catholics can in no way convince themselves that so enormous and unjust an in equality in the distribution of this world's goods truly conforms to the designs of the all-wise Creator.

Pope Pius XI

#46. Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do engage in finger-pointing at us. First, China does not export revolution; second, it does not export famine and poverty; and third, it does not mess around with you. So what else is there to say?

Xi Jinping

#47. Country IX. The Gorgon's Head X. Two Promises XI. A Companion Picture XII. The Fellow

Charles Dickens

#48. Soft-hearted with his boy friends, maybe,' said Xi-feng with a lubricious smile; 'but when he has to do with us women he is hard enough.

Cao Xueqin