Chinese Proverb

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

One dog barks at something. And a hundred dogs bark at the sound.

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

The gifted man bears his gifts into the world, not for his own benefit, but for the people among whom he is placed; for the gifts are not his, he himself is a gift to the community.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.

Smiling is one of the highest forms of meditation.

Yet if today has no meaning, the past was a Blank and the future is a Chaos.

Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.

I think I am actually humble. I think I’m much more humble than you would understand.

Your feelings? To hell with your feelings!

I know that god is real. I have seen him smile through the sunlight as it dances across your skin and lays gently at your feet.

I choose you, again and again at the start and finish of every single day, no matter the season, no matter the age. I choose you to struggle and succeed with, to fight and wake up with, to love and grow old with. I choose you, knowing there are still trails we must travel, knowing there are mountains left to climb. I choose you to always be by my side.

It takes years to find your voice and seize your real estate.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

I know the sun rises in the eat and sets in the west, that I am ten fingers and ten toes and ten thousand reasons short of explaining what it is I can’t explain to you. And I know that I will always love you in certainties.