Posts tagged with "Wise sayings"
Tuesday, 6. May 2008, 04:33:47
Wise sayings
A man's ruin lies in his tongue.
Old Egytian saying
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
Baltasar Gracia'n
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
Montaigne
A wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interests than it is theirs to find his weak point.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Saturday, 26. April 2008, 04:11:18
Proverbs, across the globe, Wise sayings
English proverbs:
A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. - William Blake "Proverbs of Hell" (1790)
A friend in need is a friend indeed
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
Blood is thicker than water.
Advice when most needed is least heeded.
A hard beginning maketh a good ending. - John Heywood "The Proverbs of John Heywood" (1546)
A hungry man is an angry man.
A man may well bring a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink. - John Heywood "The Proverbs of John Heywood" (1546)
A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. - Bible - Proverbs 23:7
Children are poor men's riches.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Death always comes too early or too late
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. - Bible - Proverbs 17:28
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Fame is a magnifying glass.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Indian proverbs:
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet.
The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth.
It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all.
You can often find in rivers what you cannot find in oceans.
Where love reigns the impossible may be attained.
You can only lean against that which resists.
A smile you sent, will always return.
Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings.
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.
Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it.
A guilty conscience is a hidden enemy.
Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work.
Agriculture is best, enterprise is acceptable, but avoid being on a fixed wage.
Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults.
To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak.
If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster.
Don't judge any man until you have walked two moons in his shoes.
Chinese proverbs:
Climb mountains to see lowlands.
He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one.
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.
May your every wish be granted.
Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence.
One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade.
Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
Everyone pushes a falling fence.
If you bow at all bow low.
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
One joy scatters a hundred grief's.
Malay (Malaysia) Proverbs:
As heavy as it looks, it is heavier to the shoulder that he carries the thing.
(meaning of proverb: as bad as someone's situation may seem, it is always worse for the person involved)
No matter how good a squirrel is jumping, sometimes it will fall down
(meaning of proverb: no one is perfect,sometimes he makes a mistake)
Two multiply five, five multiply two
(meaning of proverb: whatever you do, it would give the same result)
If you are lost at the end of the route, go back to the beginning of the route
(meaning of proverb: if you make a mistake or get stuck, you should start over)
If it rains stones in our country and rains gold in other people's countries,it is better to live in our country
(meaning of proverb: whatever reasons, it is better to live in own country)
The right hand shouldn't trust the left hand
(meaning of proverb: don't put too much trust in your friends)
Just like a dog and a cat
(meaning of proverb: two brothers cannot meet, they will fight when they meet)
Just like a crab, teaching its young how to walk straight
(meaning of proverb: parents advise their children to do the right thing, but they themselve don't do what they say)
A turtle lays thousands of eggs, nobody knows, but when a hen lays an egg, the whole village know
(meaning of proverb: some people do much things but don't show publicity; others who do small things but do much publicity)
Drink water while you swim
(meaning of proverb: do two or more jobs at the same time)
Don't try teach a duck how to swim
(meaning of proverb: don't try to teach a clever person)
The language you speak would tell us your race
(meaning of proverb: what you speak will show your behaviorial to the persons you speak to)
Like an enemy hiding under your blanket
(meaning of proverb: your enemy is with you, but sometimes you are not aware)
We have same black hair, but not the heart
(meaning of proverb: even though we have the same color of hair, but our heart or feeling are different)
When there is sugar, there are ants
(meaning of proverb: where there is prosperity in a place, outside people will come to join)
Friends to laugh with are many, friends to cry with are few
(meaning of proverb: you will know the sincere friends, when you are in trouble!)
If there is no rattan, roots will do
(meaning of proverb: if the things or tools cannot functioning, sometimes you can use other things/tools as altenative)
If you chop water, it won't separate
(meaning of proverb: members in a family will close to each other even though they encountered problems in the past)
No matter how good a squirrel is at jumping, sometimes it will fall
(meaning of proverb: how good you are in a particular subject, sometimes you make mistakes)
Whoever eats chilli gets burned
(meaning of proverb: people who make mistake should get the consequences)
Hear from right ear, out from left ear
(meaning of proverb: a person does not accept at all on your advise)
Like a candle, burning itself to light the people
(meaning of proverb: someone has sacrificed himself just to help others)
To bend a bamboo, while it's still a shoot
(meaning of proverb: If you want to teach your child, it is better to do when he is still young)
Lose when you buy, win when you wear
(meaning of proverb: even though the product is expensive when you buy, but it is lasting and worth to use)
If you speak in the daytime, look around; if you speak at night, listen carefully
(meaning of proverb: we should speak carefully)
Fish glisten in the water and it is already clear whether they are male or female
(meaning of proverb: people will know what someone is trying to do)
Dare because you are in the right; fear because you are in the wrong
(meaning of proverb: you should not worry, if you do the right things)
If it is heavy, we carry it together on our shoulders; if it is light, we carry it together in our hands
(meaning of proverb: if everybody cooperates, the job is become easy)
Clapping with one hand will not make a noise
(meaning of proverb:two or more individual are involved in a particular occation)
Let it be slow as long as it's safe; a mountain won't run if you chase it.
If your fishing line is only a hand span long, don't try to measure how deep the sea is
(meaning of proverb: everyone should act in accordace with their ability)
The lot of a coconut husk is to float; the lot of a stone is to sink
(meaning of proverb: If you are lucky, you will get or win)
Turkish Proverbs:
A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man.
A weapon is an enemy even to its owner.
Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.
Fall not into the fire to avoid smoke.
He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it.
No rose without a thorn, or a love without a rival.
The courteous one learns his courtesy from the discourteous.
The hand that gives is above the hand that takes.
Sunday, 21. October 2007, 03:38:54
Wise sayings, Zen
Zengetsu, a Chinese master of the T'ang dynasty, wrote the following advice for his pupils:
Living in the world yet not forming attachments to the dust of the world is the way of a true Zen student.
When witnessing the good action of another encourage yourself to follow his example. Hearing of the mistaken action of another, advise yourself not to emulate it.
Even though alone in a dark room, be as if you were facing a noble guest. Express your feelings, but become no more expressive than your true nature.
Poverty is your treasure. Never exchange it for an easy life.
A person may appear a fool and yet not be one. He may only be guarding his wisdom carefully.
Virtues are the fruit of self-discipline and do not drop from heaven of themselves as does rain or snow.
Modesty is the foundation of all virtues. Let your neighbors discover you before you make yourself known to them.
A noble heart never forces itself forward. Its words are as rare gems, seldom displayed and of great value.
To a sincere student, every day is a fortunate day. Time passes but he never lags behind. Neither glory nor shame can move him.
Censure yourself, never another. Do not discuss right and wrong.
Some things, though right, were considered wrong for generations. Since the value of righteousness may be recognized after centuries, there is no need to crave an immediate appreciation.
Live with cause and leave results to the great law of the universe. Pass each day in peaceful contemplation.
Friday, 31. August 2007, 08:26:47
Confucious Quotes, Wise sayings, Words of wisdom
Enjoy these quotes by Confucious:
“Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.”
“Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.”
“Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.”
“He who will not economize will have to agonize.”
“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”
“Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.”
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”
“Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart.”
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
“Study the past if you would define the future.”
“The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.”
“To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.”
“What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”
“When anger rises, think of the consequences.”
“When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.”
“Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.”
“They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.”
“By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.”
“Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.”
“Have no friends not equal to yourself.”
“He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.”
“He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.”
“He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.”
“Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.”
“I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.”
“I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.”
“If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.”
“If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.”
“Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.”
“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
“Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.”
“The cautious seldom err.”
“The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.”
“The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.”
“The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.”
“The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.”
“The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.”
“The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”
“The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.”
“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
“The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.”
“The superior man... does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.”
“There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth... lust. When he is strong... quarrelsomeness. When he is old... covetousness.”
“Things that are done, it is needless to speak about... things that are past, it is needless to blame.”
“To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue... [They are] gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.”
“To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.”
“Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.”
“Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.”
“What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.”
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
“When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.”
“When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.”
“When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.”
“When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.”
“With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud.”
“Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.”
“[The superior man] acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.”
“While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]? ...While you do not know life, how can you know about death?”
Wednesday, 29. August 2007, 08:56:49
Wise sayings
Here is what I took from some of the books that I had read:
A little fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses’
- Chinese Proverb –
Giving begins the receiving process.
Good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from making mistakes and mistakes come from bad judgment.
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