Quotes by Chinese Authors - Page 3

We think in terms of apostolic journeys. God dares to put His greatest ambassadors in chains.
Watchman Nee
The contented person finds rest in death, and for the greedy person, death puts an end to his long list of desires.
Liezi
If I could simply place the various parts of myself into the night sky to occasionally glance up and behold myself—maybe in the end I am only hoping to vicariously soak up some starlight.
Meia Geddes
As a CIO, you need to understand what the organization’s expectation from IT through innovation lenses.
Pearl Zhu
Understand that I am even ignored by the opposite sex on the internet.
Vann Chow
Patriotism is a villain's last refuge.
Xiaobo Liu
Cutting down a wall, the wall sawyer could feel the tension in a home ease and something windy rush in circles round her feet. It was addictive, each a sweet victory of art. The tumbling motion of a falling wall was like a volcanic eruption fading into a mountain of roses. The wall sawyer felt a loving animosity toward walls. “You must pay attention to your obsessions, where life and love intersect,” she told the little queen. 
Meia Geddes
I belong to no one. On this night, I swear to you that I will rise above everything you’ve ever taught me. I will become a force that this world has never known. I will come into such power that none will dare hurt me again.
Marie Lu
Creativity isn’t necessarily a paint-by-numbers process, more as a “connect-the-dots” adventure.
Pearl Zhu
Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.
Sun Tzu
Maybe his nightmare had been about me.
Marie Lu
I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
Lao Tzu
I love America for its bourgeois comfort. If I was as heavily in debt as they are, I wouldn't be drinking tea or coffee anywhere. I would be sipping tap water from an old bottle and serving others tea or coffee in a cafe somewhere.
Vann Chow
Fear motivates, more than love or ambition or joy. Fear is more powerful than anything else in the world. I have spent so long yearning for things—for love, for acceptance—that I do not really need. I need nothing except the submission that comes with fear. I do not know why it took me so long to learn this.
Marie Lu
Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose.
Sun Tzu
I lean my head against my knee and close my eyes. Even the illusion of June is enough to send a stabbing pain through my chest. Hell. I miss her so much.
Marie Lu
He who is concerned only with the purity of his own life ruins the great human relations.
Confucius
All things are like spring dreams, passing with no trace.
Su Tung-po
Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.
Lu Xun
mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy
Sun Tzu
A momentary smile appeared on Cogo's face before fading away. No matter how many times he saw it, he was still amazed by how Kuni's sincerity shaded into an instinct for political theater. He was, of course, moved by the loyalty of a man who would rather be in jail than betray him, but he also knew to play it for all it was worth to cement even more loyalty.
Ken Liu
I ALMOST KISSED THE GIRL LAST NIGHT.
Marie Lu
Innovation comes from the Latin, “Innovare” - It means to change or alter things that already exist.
Pearl Zhu
Sometime don’t think don’t say don’t do…is the best way to deal with life!
Vicky xu
If you don’t stand sincere by your wordshow sincere can the people be?Take great care over words, treasure them.1.17
Lao Tzu
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.
Lin Yutang
I’m not good enough for Duke.” “I’m good enough for you.
Feng Nong
If I’ve learned anything from my past and my present, it’s the power of fear. You can give your subjects all the generosity in the world, and still they will demand more. But those who are afraid don’t fight back. I know this well enough.
Marie Lu
...there is still a need for those of us nestled deep within the Christian bubble to look beyond the status quo and critically assess the degree to which we are really living biblically.
Francis Chan
When people see some things as beautiful,other things become ugly.When people see some things as good,other things become bad.
Lao Tzu
You don’t need miracles in the west. You have insurance.
Brother Yun
Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.
Sun Tzu
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.
Confucius
How many of us dare not use our time or money or talents as we would, because we realise they are the Lord's, not ours?
Watchman Nee
The only difference between having an affair here and having an affair there was that the American men would always ended up losing half of his estates over a woman he was infatuated just as much as the next tramp who would come his way, while Japanese men would only earn more respect from their subordinates through the possession of much younger women, as a sign of prowess and affluence, while their wives at home, as if there were rule books distributed nationally on the “proper” marriage etiquette for all young Japanese women to read before they enter into the matrimony, would turn a blind eye on their disloyalty quietly.
Vann Chow
Having a date with someone other than your ex-wife after being a married man for more than twenty five years was an important occasion alright, but wearing a tie she bought with such strong emotional value attached to it was a form of cowardice, a subconscious reluctance to let go.
Vann Chow
The brain is to mind as the eye is to sight.
Pearl Zhu
Clarity is a perception; it’s an emotional alignment of thoughts, intuitions, inclinations, expression and expectations.
Pearl Zhu
Better light a candle than curse the darkness.
Confucius possibly
Forever and ever, kid, until you're sick and tired of seeing me.
Marie Lu
Life, death, preservation, loss, failure, success, poverty, riches, worthiness, unworthiness, slander, fame, hunger, thirst, cold, heat - these are the alternations of the world, the workings of fate. Day and night they change place before us, and wisdom cannot spy out their source. Therefore, they should not be enough to destroy your harmony; they should not be allowed to enter the storehouse of the spirit. If you can harmonize and delight in them, master them and never be at a loss for joy; if you can do this day and night without break and make it be spring with everything, mingling with all and creating the moment within your own mind - this is what I call being whole in power.
Zhuangzi
The purpose of people-centric Change Management is to build an ongoing change capability.
Pearl Zhu
Make the strategy a living thing, which can breathe life into people and the culture.
Pearl Zhu
The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them.
Sun Tzu
Books have given me a magic portal to connect with people of the past and the present. I know I shall never feel lonely or powerless again.
Lisa Bu
He that is afraid to shake the dice will never throw a six.
Chinese Proverb
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth. The named is the mother of ten thousand things. Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery.
Lao Tzu
Orchestrating a diversified team can indeed enhance the higher level of harmony.
Pearl Zhu
The gravitas in a leader is like clarity in diamond.
Pearl Zhu
No decision in the world outlives the time, place, and person’s constituents on the basis of which it was made.
Pearl Zhu
[at CMC West Coast 2011, on 1 Samuel 14] If just a few of you would step up and be like Jonathan ... as you step out in faith, you know what's going to happen? There'll be people like Saul who'll say, "God's doing something through that guy, God's doing something through that girl. I want to be a part of that.
Francis Chan
Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.
Sun Tzu
The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!”(Analects 6.11)
Confucius
The palest ink is better than the best memory.
Chinese Proverb
You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.
Sun Tzu
Anti-digital mindsets are those “status quo” types of thinking, authoritarian attitude, and bureaucratic decision-making.
Pearl Zhu
If, on the other hand, in the midst of difficulties we are always ready to seize an advantage, we may extricate ourselves from misfortune.
Sun Tzu
Digital leaders including board directors today need to understand that the linear management skills are not sufficient to lead today’s nonlinear digital world with the deep learning curve.
Pearl Zhu
I'm supposed to hate you for what you did, I think. But her eyes linger on me in a way that refuses to let me.
Marie Lu
The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest success comes only later.
Confucius