LAO TZU

He who knows does not speak.

He who speaks does not know.

-o0o-

ZHUANGZI

To a mind that is still

the entire universe surrenders.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

When prosperity comes 

do not use all of it.

-o0o-

LAO TZU

Mastering others is strength,

Mastering yourself is true power.

-o0o-

XUNZI

The coming of honour or disgrace

must be a reflection of 

one's inner power.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

To study and not think is a waste.

To think and not study is dangerous.

-o0o-

LAO TZU

If you are depressed, you are living in the past.

If you are anxious, you are living in the future.

If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

-o0o-

MENCIUS

Every duty is a charge,

but the charge of oneself 

is the root of all others.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

I hear and I forget,

I see and I remember,

I do and I understand.

-o0o-

LAO TZU

Of  all the passions 

love is the strongest, 

because it attacks simultaneously 

the head, the heart and the senses.

-o0o-

ZHUANGZI

Great wisdom is generous;

petty wisdom is contentious.

-o0o-

The new art blog begins today

http://fairiesfanciesandfantasies.blogspot.com

-o=0=o-

CONFUCIUS

To be wronged is nothing, 

unless you continue to remember it.

-o0o-

LAO TZU

Nature does not hurry,

yet everything is accomplished.

-o0o-

XUNZI

Music is a wonderful peace keeper in the world; 

it is integral to harmony 

and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.

-o0o-

The new art blog begins on Saturday -

http://fairiesfanciesandfantasies.blogspot.com

-o=0=o-

CONFUCIUS

There are three methods of gaining wisdom. 

The first is reflection which is the highest. 

The second is imitation which is the easiest. 

The third is experience which is the bitterest.

-o0o-

LAO TZU

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.

Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

-o0o-

MENCIUS

The way of truth is like a great road. 
It is not difficult to know it. 
The evil is only that men will not seek it.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

Forget injuries,

Never forget kindness.

-o0o-

MENCIUS

The feeling of right or wrong 

is the beginning of wisdom

-o0o-

LAO TZU

Be content with what you have.

Rejoice in the way things are.

When you realise there is nothing lacking,

the whole world belongs to you.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

To practice five things under all circumstances 

constitutes perfect virtue; 

these five are - 

gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

-o0o-

ZHUANGZI

Flow with whatever may happen 

and let your mind be free. 

Stay centred by accepting whatever you are doing. 

This is the ultimate.

-o0o-

XUNZI

I once tried thinking for an entire day, 

but I found it less valuable 

than one moment of study.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

It is easy to hate

 and it is difficult to love. 

This is how the whole scheme of things works. 

All good things are difficult to achieve; 

and bad things are very easy to get.

-o0o-

MENCIUS

The great man is one 

who does not lose the heart he had  

when he was a child.

-o0o-

LAO TZU

The journey of a thousand 

miles begins 

with one 

step

-o0o-

ZHUANGZI

We cling to our own point of view as though everything depended on it. 

Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

Life is really simple,

 but we insist on making it complicated.

-o0o-

XUNZI

When you locate good in yourself, 

approve of it with determination. 

When you locate evil in yourself,

 despise it as something terrible.

-o0o-

MENCIUS

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

-o0o-