CONFUCIUS

Silence 
is a true friend 
who never betrays.

-o0o-

ZHUANGZI

Happiness is the absence 

of striving for happiness.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

Before you depart 

on a journey of revenge,

dig two graves.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

The man who moves a mountain 
begins by carrying away small stones.

-o0o-

LAO TZU

I have three treasures; 
Guard them and keep them:
The first is deep love,
The second is frugality,
And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

If you make a mistake 
and don't correct it, 
that IS a mistake.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

Wheresoever you go, 
go with all your heart

-o0o-

XUNZI

Pride and excess 

bring disaster for man.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

When you know something,

to hold that you know it, 

and when you do not know something, 

to allow that you do not know it - 

this is knowledge.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, 

but in rising every time we fall.

-o0o-

LAO TZU

At the centre of your being you have the answer;

 you know who you are and you know what you want.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

When it is clear that the goals cannot be reached, 

don't adjust the goals; adjust the action steps.

-o0o-

MENCIUS

Let men decide firmly 

what they will not do, 

and they will be free to do vigorously 

what they ought to do.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

Choose a job you love,

and you will never have to work a day

in your life.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

Ignorance is the night of the mind, 

but a night without moon and stars.

-o0o-

LAO TZU

When I let go of what I am, 

I become what I might be.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

Real knowledge 

is to know the extent 

of one's own ignorance.

-o0o-

XUNZI

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, 
stay it with guidance and instruction.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

Success depends upon previous preparation, 

and without such preparation there is bound to be failure

-o0o-

LAO TZU

How could men rejoice in victory 

and delight in the slaughter of men?

-o0o-

MENCIUS

Friendship 

is one mind 

in two bodies.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

When you meet someone better than yourself, 
turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. 
When you meet someone not as good as you are, 
look within and examine your own self.

-o0o-

LAO TZU

Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.

-o0o-

ZHUANGZI

Cherish that which is within you,

and shut off that which is without;

for much knowledge is a curse.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

Respect yourself

and others will respect you.

-o0o-

LAO TZU

Seek not happiness too greedily,

and be not fearful of unhappiness.

-o0o-

XUNZI

There are successful scholars, 
public-spirited scholars, 
upright scholars, 
cautious scholars 
and those who are merely petty men.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

When I walk along with others,

from at least one I will be able to learn.

-o0o-

LAO TZU

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. 

Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. 

Let reality be reality. 

Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

-o0o-

MENCIUS

Truth uttered before its time

is always dangerous.

-o0o-

CONFUCIUS

The more man meditates upon good thoughts,

the better will be his world

and the world at large.

-o0o-