Thousand Autumns Quotes

“To know the world, one must first know themselves. Then they must forget themselves. Once they forgot both the world and themselves, never again would they be moved by worldy gains and losses.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“For the ideals I pursue within my heart, I’d not regret a thousand deaths to die.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“I'm not as incredible as you think. I only want to see that man one more time, to see the disappointment on his face. Let him know that demonic core didn't take, that it didn't control me. That I'm still myself.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“Dao is like water, benefiting all living things while keeping none for itself. The law of Dao is to be what it is. People who follow the law of Dao should soften their own glare and unify themselves with the ordinary. Only those who comply to the natural order of things and sense the common feelings shared among people can achieve the real Dao.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“For the ideals I pursue within my heart, I'd not regret a thousand deaths to die.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“Shen Qiao shook his head "When it comes to worth, every heart weighs it differently. Grudges have a source, and debts a debtor, but involving innocent people should never be commended. When you don't save the people you could have, when you don't take action when you could have, a shadow lodges in your heart forever whether other people know about it - whether they'll feel grateful - that's their business.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“You didn't even cry when Yu Ai betrayed you, but now you are crying over someone you don't even know?

Everything I experienced, whether they were setbacks or predicaments, were things I could endure. But this little boy... He probably never hurt anymore. The reason Heaven let him be born into this world should not be for him to suffer. Evertone has the right to live. No matter how hard life is, there should at least be hope for him to see a way out.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“The affairs of the past are like the waters flowing by: they cannot be returned.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“In this world there are many, many situations where giving someone something doesn't necessarily mean you'll receive anything in return. When you choose to give, you must remember this, or else the only one hurt will be you.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“There are certain things in this world that a person must do, even if they know it's impossible.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“To know others was to know oneself, when one understood the minds of others, one would understand their own. Where the swords was, the Dao was. It was a spiritual link, drawing together the immortal's body and buddha's heart.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 2