Quotes by Chinese Authors - Page 8

the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
Sun Tzu
Perhaps pondering words is also a form of seeking justice. If a monologue can invite a chorus, then perhaps it can speak for others as well.
Duo Duo
Now, as we stand three feet apart and stare at each other, I feel the full distance that comes with spending so much time apart, a moment filled with the electricity of a first meeting and the uncertainty of strangers.
Marie Lu
The Master said, “The gentleman does not serve as a vessel.”(Analects 2.12)
Confucius
I have heard that you should not do bed business after too much hard work, " Snow Flower told me, "but I don't believe that my mother-in-law has heard that." She looked exhausted. I felt the same way after visiting my husband's home-from the nonstop labor, from being polite, and from always being watched."This is the one rule my mother-in-law doesn't respect either," I commiserated. "Haven't they heard an exhausted well yields no water?
Lisa See
I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.
Lao Tzu
Heart’s fragrance is spent with the ending of springAnd nothing left but a tear-stained robe.
Li Shangyin
A tech-savvy Board sets a right tone for shaping the culture of innovation.
Pearl Zhu
To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.
Confucius
Man's thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. God's thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God's purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
Watchman Nee
Nobody can change who you are, except for you.
Jean Kwok
... all humans are frightened of their own solitude. Yet only in solitude can man learn to know himself, learn to handle his own eternity of aloneness. And love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other." - The Mountain is Young
Han Suyin
It comes out from no source, it goes back in through no aperture. It has reality yet no place where it resides; it has duration yet no beginning or end. Something emerges, though through no aperture - this refers to the fact that it has reality. It has reality yet there is no place where it resides - this refers to the dimension of space. It has duration but no beginning or end - this refers to the dimension of time. There is life, there is death, there is a coming out, there is a going back in - yet in the coming out and going back its form is never seen. This is called the Heavenly Gate. The Heavenly Gate is nonbeing. The ten thousand things come forth from nonbeing. Being cannot create being out of being; inevitably it must come forth from nonbeing. Nonbeing is absolute nonbeing, and it is here that the sage hides himself.
Zhuangzi
As you play this record, I hope you'll think of the good, not the bad. Of what was, not what wasn't meant to be. Of the time we spent together, not the time we've spent apart. Most of all I hop you'll think of me...
Jamie Ford
Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve.
Tehyi Hsieh
Consider the sunlight. You may see it is near, yet if you follow it from world to world you will never catch it in your hands. Then you may describe it as far away and, lo, you will see it just before your eyes. Follow it and, behold, it escapes you; run from it and it follows you close. You can neither possess it nor have done with it. From this example you can understand how it is with the true Nature of all things and, henceforth, there will be no need to grieve or to worry about such things.
Huang Po
Change is not for its own sake, it’s the means to the end, not the end.
Pearl Zhu
Always dig through the thoughts underneath the words, and be authentic of being who you are.
Pearl Zhu
When you have only two pennies left in the world buy a loaf of bread with one. and a lily with the other.
Chinese Proverb
Whenever she felt at home, there always seemed to be love floating about on the edges of things.
Meia Geddes
The Great Way is not named; Great Discriminations are not spoken; Great Benevolence is not benevolent; Great Modesty is not humble; Great Daring does not attack. If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
Chuang Chou
Things joined by profit, when pressed by misfortune and danger, will cast each other aside.
Zhuangzi
You don't have to, Henry. In here, I think my dream is big enough for the both of us.
Jamie Ford
The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
Sun Tzu
I never saw her again. But even now, as an old man, I remember her as clearly as if she were standing before me. She was ice personified. There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.
Marie Lu
He who is contented is rich.
Lao Tzu
I have found that we need to maintain relationships with all spheres of society: the local community, politicians from all parties, business leaders, artists, and farmers....We don't favor one kind of person over another, or one political party over another...My goal is for them to use the method and concept of Chan practice to benefit their work and their organizations....That is our duty.
Sheng-yen
If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them.
Sun Tzu
Cixi was not at the coronation. The majestic main part of the Forbidden City was out of bounds to her – because she was a woman. She still could not set foot in it, even though she was now the de facto ruler. In fact, when her sedan-chair went within sight of it, she had to close the curtain and show humility by not looking at it. Virtually all decrees were issued in the name of her son, as Cixi had no mandate to rule. It was with this crippling handicap that she proceeded to change China.”Excerpt From: Chang, Jung. “Empress Dowager Cixi.” Random House, 2013-09-25T18:30:00+00:00. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.
Jung Chang
Metias is gone again. He is always gone.
Marie Lu
Make no mistake—we don’t trust each other, not by any stretch of the imagination.
Marie Lu
Day leans in toward me. He reaches up to touch my face. I can tell it still hurts him to use his fingers, and his nails are dark with dried blood. "You're brilliant," he says. "But you're a fool to stay wish someone like me."I close my eyes at the touch of his hand. "Then we're both fools.
Marie Lu
Everyone tries to be an optimist. But being an optimist is a bit boring and not honest. Losers are more interesting than winners.
Xiaolu Guo
A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth.
Lao Tzu
Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Sun Tzu
Appreciating what I have is my medicine.
Betty Jamie Chung
If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on.
Confucius
You have only to rest in inaction and things will transform themselves. Smash your form and body, spit out hearing and eyesight, forget you are a thing among other things, and you may join in great unity with the deep and boundless.
Zhuangzi
We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living
Confucius
Happiness in a family really revolves around how much money I have in my disposal.
Vann Chow
The gentleman understands what is moral. The small man understands what is profitable.
Confucius
The Board needs to extend its insight and innovation lens via cognitive difference.
Pearl Zhu
Revenge is not worthy of you. If you concentrate on revenge, you will keep those wounds fresh that would otherwise have healed.
Adeline Yen Mah
It takes critical thinking to frame the right problem and empathetic thinking to address the correct need.
Pearl Zhu
It is the time to tremendous awakening toward “inquisitiveness” with cross-cultural sharing through technology and inner insights.
Pearl Zhu
History is a symptom of our disease
Mao Zedong
Creativity needs a problem, and the creative person needs a purpose.
Pearl Zhu
They were endowed with the qualities of youth- they were rebellious, fearless, eager to fight for a 'just cause', thirsty for adventure and action. They were also irresponsible, ignorant, and easy to manipulate- and prone to violence. Only they could give Mao the immense force that he needed to terrorize the society.
Jung Chang
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Chinese Proverb
Let go of me,” I choke out, clawing blindly at Teren. The sharp tang of blood suddenly fills my nostrils, and I realize that it is from his wrists, spreading a film of scarlet around us. Somewhere ahead, the silhouette of our ship looms. We are getting closer.“I wish I could,” Teren spits, dripping venom. “There’s nothing I’d like to see more than you in the Underworld, Adelina.”His words spark my fury. He never intended to finish this journey with you. Teren grips my arm again so hard that I scream in pain. He is pulling us both toward the ship, his face set in grim determination.Then I hear him shout, “But I won’t.”But I won’t. My fury wavers, turning into bewilderment.
Marie Lu
With proactive support and full engagement of top leaders, Change Management can become an enjoyable voyage to discover the new landscape of businesses.
Pearl Zhu
Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do than what one can.
Lin Yutang
He felt as if he has heard similar stories before. The wimp at school had grown to become stronger than the bully. And by some devious twist of fate, he would pop back into your life years later and take his revenge in the most unimaginable ways, and make sure that you suffer as much, or more, than he ever did before.
Vann Chow
The great man is he who does not lose his childlike heart.
Mencius
Modern Boards set key tones in building fact-based business culture.
Pearl Zhu
The earth is black in front of the cliff, and no orchids grow.Creepers crawl in the brown mud by the path.Where did the birds of yesterday fly?To what other mountain did the animals go?Leopards and pythons dislike this ruined spot;Cranes and snakes avoid the desolation.My criminal thoughts of those days pastBrought on the disaster of today.
Wu Cheng'en
Sometimes our fate is different from the one we imagined for ourselves.
Jean Kwok
He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.
Confucius
In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe are if only.
Lisa See
Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.
Zhuangzi