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We live in a glass-soaked civilization, but as for the bird in the Chinese proverb who finds it so difficult to discover air, the substance is almost invisible to us. To use a metaphor drawn from glass, it may be revealing for us to re-focus, to stop looking through glass, and let our eyes dwell on it for a moment to contemplate its wonder.
Sep 17, 2025
The old Chinese proverb springs to mind - No pain, no gain.
For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those who you laugh at, those who you hate, those who you love and those who you don't even know that they're leaders.
There's a Chinese proverb that says it all: Painting is an old man's art.
The most difficult battles in life are those we fight within. - Old Chinese Proverb
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back.” - Chinese proverb
A bad workman blames his tools.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin.
Teachers open the door ... you enter by yourself.
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Leave the dude alone and he'll figure it out.
Possess the "Nobel Factor": Possess and constantly demonstrate optimism, faith, and hope. They create choices. I am reminded of an ancient Chinese proverb: "That the birds of worry and care fly above your head, this you cannot change; but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent."
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
I've always subscribed to an old Chinese proverb that the palest ink is better than the best memory.
If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well.
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
Once the concentration camps and the hell-holes of the world were in darkness. Now they are lit by the light of the Amnesty candle; the candle in barbed wire. When I first lit the Amnesty candle, I had in mind the old Chinese proverb: 'Better light a candle than curse the darkness.'
If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.
According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
Don't count your chickens before they egg.
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
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