Quotes by Chinese Authors - Page 2

The God of the universe--the creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor--loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss.
Francis Chan
Out of Box” is a metaphor that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective.
Pearl Zhu
Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.
Confucius
Everyone likes to reminisce, but not one wants to listen, and everyone feels annoyed when someone else tells a story.
Liu Cixin
It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.
Confucius
The brain is to mind as the eye is to sight.
Pearl Zhu
When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.
Confucius
What the superior man seeks is in himself what the small man seeks is in others.
Confucius
The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.”(Analects 4.9)
Confucius
We are all going to die soon. Do you really wish to waste time being angry at me?""Yes. I remain an unrepentant optimist. If i see that I am about to die, or you, I will forgive you. But not until then, you bastard.
Sherry Thomas
What is the point of searching for love, when love is nothing but an illusion?
Marie Lu
Intellectuals always make a fuss about nothing.
Liu Cixin
A door jumpsout from shadows,then jumps away. Thisis what I've come to find:the back door, unlatched.Tooled by insular wind, itslams and slamswithout meaningto and without meaning.
Li-Young Lee
For the unified mind in accord with the Way all self-centered striving ceases. Doubts and irresolutions vanish and life in true faith is possible. With a single stroke we are freed from bondage; nothing clings to us and we hold nothing. All is empty, clear, self-illuminating, with no exertion of the mind's power.
Sengcan
Misfortune comes to all men.
Chinese Proverb
Well enough,” I reply. “Remember, you’re drunk. And happy. You’re supposed to be lusting over your escort. Try smiling a little more.” like I’m lusting? This is me, lusting.” His lashes flutter at me. better.
Marie Lu
June laughs. "I have to say, you look better than most people I see. I've heard a lot about you.""I hear about you a lot too," Eden replies in a rush, "mostly from Daniel. He thinks you're really hot.
Marie Lu
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
Innovation is a question of ambition, and imagination, not a question of investment only.
Pearl Zhu
Where is that man who has forgotten words that I may have a word with him?
Zhuangzi
In the world everyone knows enough to pursue what he does not know, but no one knows enough to pursue what he already knows. Everyone knows enough to condemn what he takes to be no good, but no one knows enough to condemn what he has already taken to be good.
Zhuangzi
So it is said, for him who understands Heavenly joy, life is the working of Heaven; death is the transformation of things. In stillness, he and the yin share a single Virtue; in motion, he and the yang share a single flow.
Zhuangzi
To celebrate his prosperity, fellow employees and friends urged him to take a young concubine to "serve him". Even Ye Ye's boss, the London-educated K. C. Li, jokingly volunteered to "give" him a couple of girls with his bonus. Ye Ye reported all this in a matter-of-fact way in a letter to his wife, adding touchingly that he was a "one-woman man".
Adeline Yen Mah
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
Chinese Proverb
LoveEmbracing Tao, you become embraced.Supple, breathing gently, you become reborn.Clearing your vision, you become clear.Nurturing your beloved, you become impartial.Opening your heart, you become accepted.Accepting the World, you embrace Tao.Bearing and nurturing,Creating but not owning,Giving without demanding,Controlling without authority,This is love.
Lao Tzu
She wonders if this is what people call falling in love, the desire to be with someone for every minute of the rest of her life so strong that sometimes she is frightened of herself.
Yiyun Li
Down through the years, I turned to the Bible and found in it all that I needed
Ruth Bell Graham
A peaceful mind is not a matter of doing, but of being.
Pearl Zhu
A free state is a corporate state.
Marie Lu
The more laws and restrictions there are,The poorer people become....The more rules and regulations,The more thieves and robbers.
Lao Tzu
Culture is the organization’s fingerprint.
Pearl Zhu
The past has no power to stop youfrom being present now.Only your grievance aboutthe past can do that.What is grievance?The baggage of oldthought and emotion.
Lao Tzu
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Sun Tzu
Unni will come, if not today, then tomorrow. Today is nearly gone, but other todays stir fecund in the word tomorrow, many other todays when this one has lapsed from existence. And because I think of Unni, invoking his name in this for ever recurrent today, already he is here for me." - The Mountain is Young
Han Suyin
The heart that gives, gathers.
Lao Tzu
The explanation for her absence had been staring him in the face all the while, but he hadn’t wanted to acknowledge it: The affair meant nothing to her. He’d been the only one bewitched body and soul. For her, he’d been but a temporary source of entertainment, a way to pass the otherwise tedious hours in the middle of an ocean.He’d been the one to press for a continuation of their affair beyond the voyage. He’d been the one to offer his heart, his hand, his every last secret. She never even gave her real name.And, of course, never showed her face.
Sherry Thomas
...this protracted war will pass through three stages. The first stage covers the period of the enemy's strategic offensive and our strategic defensive. The second stage will be the period of the enemy's strategic consolidation and our preparation for the counter-offensive. The third stage will be the period of our strategic counter-offensive and the enemy's strategic retreat.
Mao Zedong
The essence of “Being Hybrid” is about balance - to keep things going steadfastly.
Pearl Zhu
If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.
Marie Lu
Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do than what one can do.
Lin Yutang
the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
Sun Tzu
If you'd called me an ox, I'd have said I was an ox; if you'd called me a horse, I'd have said I was a horse. If the reality is there and you refuse to accept the name men give it, you'll only lay yourself open to double harassment.
Zhuangzi
he who will not economize will have to agonize
Confucius
Develop talent for tomorrow, rather than just hire for yesterday.
Pearl Zhu
If you make change part of your operation routine and your DNA, and then change becomes easier to deal with, and even become an ongoing core business capability.
Pearl Zhu
A high EQ mind maintains its composure whatever the situation, whether it is being glorified or vilified.
Pearl Zhu
Worthy admonitions cannot fail to inspire us, but what matters is changing ourselves. Reverent advice cannot fail to encourage us, but what matters is acting on it. Encouraged without acting, inspired without changing – there’s nothing to be done for such people.
Confucius
Heroes are damned. No mortal conquers Death.
Shan Sa
I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available. I stay with him because I choose to everyday that I wake up, everyday that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.
Jessica Pan
You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman.
Lisa See
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.
Lin Yutang
In following the Way, the noble-minded treasure three things: a manner free of violence and arrogance, a countenance full of sincerity and trust, a voice free of vulgarity and impropriety.
Confucius
Do not ask for less responsibility to be free and relaxed--Ask for more strenght!
Sheng-yen
Do not seek for the truth, only stop having an opinion.
SENG-TS'AN
Then I realize from the hollow sound of her gun's click that her gun isn't loaded. Apparently she just wants to slap me around with it.
Marie Lu
Time is a created thing. To say, "I don't have time" is like saying "I don't want to.
Lau-tzu
Strategy oversight is important in tuning and updating a dynamic digital strategy.
Pearl Zhu
Trust is a collective mind - the corporate culture. You can’t build and nourish trust without creating a conducive environment of trust.
Pearl Zhu
The wise never doubt. The Humane never worry. The brave never fear.
Confucius
To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
Confucius