“If I were a young man With my bones full of marrow, Oh, if I were a bold young man Straight as an arrow, I'd store up no virtue For Heaven's distant plain, I'd live at ease as I did please And sin once again.” IfsMenYoungHeavenSinVirtuePleaseBonesStoresEaseYoung ManArrowsMarrow Book:Country Sentiment Source: Country Sentiment
“When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.” MindFirstsSufferingHeavenGraceExerciseOfficeBonesToilGreat Office Author:Mencius
“Every lord's mansion stands on the foundation of your bones, soldier, every field has been saturated with your sweat, and you, peasant, even if you worked your arms down to the stub, if you won a hundred battles, and faithfully gave the last drop of your blood for your country, you would always be a slave. There is no land for you, no heaven, no shelter, not even a doghouse where you could rest your poor head. You are the last before God and before people, the last one.” PeopleIfsHas BeensCountryLastsHeavenPoorLordBloodLandFieldsArmsBattleHundredFoundationSlaveSoldierBonesSweatShelterPeasantsMansionsBe A SlaveSaturated Author:Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
“No matter what your work, let it be your own. No matter what your occupation, let what you are doing be organic. Let it be in your bones. In this way, you will open the door by which the affluence of heaven and earth shall stream into you.” WayMatterEarthHeavenDoorsNo Matter WhatBonesAuthenticityStreamsOccupationHeaven And EarthAffluence Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson