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Particularly Peaceful Neighbors

Posted in Philosophy, Proverbs, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , on April 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.
    —     Chinese Proverb
[Hopefully, this is what China advised Putin before he invaded Ukraine.  If they did, he should have listened to their advice.  (And, no, I don’t really think they said this to him.)    —    kmab]
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In Passing

Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Proverbs, Quotes, tagged , , , , on December 16, 2020| 2 Comments »

The net of Heaven is large and wide, but it lets nothing through.
    —    Chinese Proverb
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Slow Wisdom

Posted in Philosophy, Proverbs, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , on July 16, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Not until just before dawn do people sleep best;  not until people get old do they become wise.
    —    Chinese Proverb
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Fill It Up

Posted in Poetry, Proverbs, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 7, 2019| 2 Comments »

Life itself can’t give you joy,
Unless you really will it.
Life just gives you time and space
It’s up to you to fill it.
    —    Chinese proverb (I’ve also seen it attributed as “Anonymous”)
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I’ll Trade You…

Posted in Philosophy, Proverbs, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 15, 2018| 2 Comments »

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
     —    Chinese Proverb
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Pebbles In Your Shoe?

Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , on February 25, 2017| Leave a Comment »

A man who cannot tolerate small ills can never accomplish great things.
    —    Chinese Proverb
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But The Odds Are Against It

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , on March 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »

A poor chess player can still make a remarkable move.
    —    Wang Yinggui
From:  “Liu Nan Sui Bi“
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Seeing Heart

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , on March 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »

It is only when a person gets into difficulty that one can truly see his heart.
    —    Traditional Chinese Proverb
Found in:  “American Shaolin“, by Matthew Polly
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Learning Bitter

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

To suffer and learn a lesson, one pays a high price, but a fool can’t learn any other way.
    —    Traditional Chinese Proverb
Found in:  “American Shaolin“, by Matthew Polly
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