Foreign sayings in Xi's quotes

President Xi Jinping addresses a packed auditorium of representatives from UNESCO's members, members of the diplomatic corps in France, business leaders and other distinguished personalities, March 27, 2014. [Photo: unesco.org]

Victor Hugo once said, "There is a prospect greater than the sea, and it is the sky; there is a prospect greater than the sky, and it is the human soul." Indeed, we need a mind that is broader than the sky as we approach different civilizations. Civilizations are like water, moistening everything silently.

-Speech at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, March 27, 2014