Xena: Warrior Princess, Season 5

K'ao Hsin:
"The entire world is driven by a will-- "blind and ruthless. "In order to transcend the limitations of the physical world, one must cease desiring,

K’ao Hsin/Xena:
-and become what we desire.

Xena:
"To conquer others is to wield power. But to conquer ourselves is to know the way." Lao Ma's power came from her purity of thought.

K’ao Hsin:
Then with purity on our side, Pao Ssu will be easily defeated.

Xena:
No. Pao Ssu has her own kind of purity. The purity of hatred.