The miracle is not to fly in the air or to walk on the water but to walk on the earth. |
The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war. |
The night is bright, with a starlit sky, I sit and think, as time passes by. Oh starry night, with a moonlit sky, take me away, and tell me why. Give me a reason, for love's end, give me a reason, for why I lost a friend. I sit and think, all night l |
The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand |
The palest ink is better than the sharpest memory |
The path of duty lies in the thing that is nearby, but men seek it in things far off |
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it |
The saving man becomes the free man. |
The soldier who retreated 50 paces jeered at the one who retreated 100 paces |
The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; The inferior doctor treats actual sickness; |
The taller the bamboo grows, the lower it bends. |
The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water moulds itself to the pitcher |
The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain |
There are always ears on the other side of the wall |
There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same |