Quotes by Chinese Authors - Page 23

Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.
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.
Confucius
The subtleties of the mind cannot be transmitted in words, but can be seen in words.
Juefan Huihong
What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?
Lin Yutang
He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
Lao Tzu
Moonlight and high wind.Dark poplars toss, insinuate the sea.
Li-Young Lee
Politics is war without bloodshed and war is politics with blood.
Mao Tse-Tung
Her life was like a burst of wild, flowing Chinese calligraphy, written under the influence of alcohol.
Zhou Weihui
To help others, will be rewarded
Janis yingnan Ji
We extend our best wishes to you, inhabitants of another world.After reading the following message, you should have a basic understanding of civilization on Earth. By dint of long toil and creativity, the human race has built a splendid civilization, blossoming with a multitude of diverse cultures. We have also begun to understand the laws governing the natural world and the development of human societies. We cherish all that we have accomplished.But our world is still flawed. Hate exists, as does prejudice and war. Because of conflicts between the forces of production and the relations of production, wealth distribution is extremely uneven, and large portions of humanity live in poverty and misery.Human societies are working hard to resolve the difficulties and problems they face, striving to create a better future for Earth civilization.The country that sent this message is engaged in this effort. We are dedicated to building an ideal society, where the labor and value of every member of the human race are fully respected, where everyone's material and spiritual needs are fully met, so that civilization on Earth may become more perfect.With the best of intentions, we look forward to establishing contact with other civilized societies in the universe. We look forward to working together with you to build a better life in this vast universe.
Liu Cixin
She said she had learnt one thing from Balzac: that a woman's beauty is a treasure beyond price.
Dai Sijie
I'd forgotten that a boy from the streets is no match for the future Princeps.
Marie Lu
All women's dresses are merely variations on the eternal struggle between the admitted desire to dress and the unadmitted desire to undress.
Lin Yutang
The two women did more than resolve a major problem, they went on to form a political alliance and launch a coup. Cixi was twenty-five years old and Empress Zhen a year younger. Facing them were eight powerful men in control of the state machine. The women were well aware of the risk they were taking. A coup was treason, and if it failed the punishment would be the most painful ling-chi, death by a thousand cuts. But they were willing to take the risk. Not only were they determined to save their son and the dynasty, but they also rejected the prescribed life of imperial widows – essentially living out their future years as virtual prisoners in the harem. Choosing to change their own destiny as well as that of the empire, the two women plotted, often with their heads together leaning over a large glazed earthenware water tank, pretending to be appraising their reflections or just talking girls’ talk.
Jung Chang
Insight is the deep intuitive understanding of things, and it often breaks through the conventional wisdom.
Pearl Zhu
You have to be able to look objectively at the problem, deflating the emotional part of it.
Pearl Zhu
The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct
Confucius
5,6. The Moral Law causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any danger.Excerpt From: Sunzi. “The Art of War.” iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.
Sun Tzu
High-quality professions look decently, think profoundly, and act thoughtfully.
Pearl Zhu
That's what life is all about - you're busy, I'm busy, and the end result is death. Sooner or later, that's what it comes to. ("The Death Of Wang Asao")
Xiao Hong
Platitude or not, the crowd erupted into applause, and by acclamation, Kuni Garu became the Duke of Zudi. A few pointed out that titles of nobility really couldn't be handed out in such a democratic fashion, but these killjoys were ignored.
Ken Liu
Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.
Confucius
Every man must find his own philosophy, his attitude towards life.
Lin Yutang
It won’t be disagreeable,” he said. “It can be made quite enjoyable.”“Oh, it had better be,” she said tartly. “I’ve heard plenty over the years on your amatory prowess. If I’m not on the roof crowing, I will consider myself disappointed.
Sherry Thomas
One cannot manage too many affairs: like pumpkins in the water one pops up while you try to hold down the other.
Chinese Proverb
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.
Lao Tzu
What a relationship looks like on the outside isn't the same as what it's like on the inside. You can be more in love with someone in your mind than with the person you see every day.
Jean Kwok
free from desire, you realize the mysterycaught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.
Lao Tzu
When you know that illusion and transformation are no different from birth and death, then you may learn magic.
Liezi
Murky Water, Dusty MirrorMurky water is turbid; let it settle and it clears. A dusty mirror is dim; clean it and it is bright.What I realize as I observe this is the Tao of clarifying the mind and perceiving its essence.The reason why people's minds are not clear and their natures are not stable is that they are full of craving and emotion. Add to this eons of mental habit, acquired influences deluding the mind, their outgrowths clogging up the opening of awareness - this is like water being murky, like a mirror being dusty. The original true mind and true essence are totally lost. The feelings and senses are unruly, subject to all kinds of influences, taking in all sorts of things, defiling the mind.If one can suddenly realize this and change directions, wash away pollution and contamination, gradually remove a lifetime of biased mental habits, wandering thoughts and perverse actions, increasing in strength with persistence, refining away the dross until there is nothing more to be refined away, when the slag is gone the gold is pure. The original mind and fundamental essence will spontaneously appear in full, the light of wisdom will suddenly arise, and one will clearly see the universe as though it were in the palm of the hand, with no obstruction.This is like murky water returning to clarity when settled, like a dusty mirror being restored to brightness when polished. That which is fundamental is as ever: without any lack.
Liu Yiming
The key to organizational success is to integrate next generation of leaders, tap into their way of looking at the world, solve problems in a very collaborative working style.
Pearl Zhu
A flexible mind has a better chance to think differently and take a unique path in the life journey.
Pearl Zhu
Hi, I'm Day.Hi, I'm June
Marie Lu
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
Chuang-tzu
The well-defined principles last when time moves on. However, a progressive organization or society will love to break the old or hidden rules in order to move forward.
Pearl Zhu
Highly evolved people have their own conscience as pure law.
Lao Tzu
I don't know who first said it, but this proverb is something I believe: A lion leading a lot of sheep can defeat a sheep leading many lions. The important part is that I must decide when I am a lion and when I must be a sheep. I don't believe you are always one or the other.
Yao Ming
It's strange being here with you. I hardly know you. But...sometimes it feels like we're the same person born into two different worlds.
Marie Lu
Nothing is more visible than things hidden; Nothing is more manifest than things minute; Therefore, the superior man should be aware of his aloneness
Confucius
Writing can be a source of strength-Wang Liang
Xinran
Choose food, clothing, and shelter that accords with nature.Rely on your own body for transportation. Allow your work and your recreation to be one and the same. Do exercise that develops your whole being and not just your body. Listen to music that bridges the three spheres of your being. Choose leaders for their virtue rather than their wealth or power. Serve others and cultivate yourself simultaneously. Understand that true growth comes from meeting and solving problems of life in a way that is harmonizing to yourself and to others. If you can follow these simple old ways, you will be continually renewed.
Lao Tzu
Healthy debating enforces critical thinking principles - looking at things from the different angles, with increased perspective and less prejudgment.
Pearl Zhu
And your own heart generates enough pressure as it pumps blood throughout your body that it could squirt blood up to 30 feet. (I’ve never tried this, and I don’t recommend it.)
Francis Chan
A leader is bestWhen people barely know he existsOf a good leader, who talks little,When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,They will say, “We did this ourselves.
Lao Tzu
Innovation becomes possible only if people can step out of their comfort zone.
Pearl Zhu
Waiting is not mere empty hoping. It has the inner certainty of reaching the goal.
I-Ching
Why can’t I be like that? Why can’t I be the father who just shrugs off the love of his daughter? Why can’t I be the Lead Inquisitor who enjoys watching his pleading victims burn at the stake? Why can’t I be the one who befriends a lonely, lost girl and then casts her out? Why can’t I be the one to strike first, to hit so early and with such fury that my enemies cower before they can ever think of turning on me? What is so great about being good?
Marie Lu
The classics tell us that, in relationships, the one between teacher and student comes second only to the one between parent and child.
Lisa See
Creativity needs encouragement as food, and conflict to spark it.
Pearl Zhu
It may not seem like much - a few kisses in the dark - but it was enough to burn a hole like an ulcer in my heart.
Jean Kwok
A free state is a corporate state.
Marie Lu
There is a certain proper and luxurious way of lying in bed. Confucius, that great artist of life, "never lay straight" in bed, "like a corpse", but always curled up on one side. I believe one of the greatest pleasures of life is to curl up one's legs in bed. The posture of the arms is also very important, in order to reach the greatest degree of aesthetic pleasure and mental power. I believe the best posture is not lying flat on the bed, but being upholstered with big soft pillows at an angle of thirty degrees with either one arm or both arms placed behind the back of one's head.
Lin Yutang
What if you are wrong? What if the gods sent you, and indeed the rest of us, not because we were never meant to be, but because we were always meant to be?
Marie Lu
If Metias joined the Patriots, he'd be a Hacker too. If he were alive.
Marie Lu
Innovations succeed when failure is seen as a learning step to great success.
Pearl Zhu
I want to bring out the best in a community and contribute something of permanent value.
I.M. Pei
Like many things, power is like the two sides of a coin.
Pearl Zhu
You need a strategy to assume leadership, but only the character can sustain leaders as who they really are.
Pearl Zhu
Justice was like coloured balls in a magician's hand, changing colour and shape all the time beneath the light of politics.
Qiu Xiaolong
Blessings never come in pairs misfortunes never come alone.
Chinese Proverb