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“Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.”

“In a world full of daisies dare to be a rose.”

“An angel who makes you cry is better than a devil who makes you smile.”

“A beautiful rose with an ugly soul wilts quickly.”

“Ears for wisdom, hands for work, eyes for opportunities, and a mouth for thanks.”

“The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear.”

“If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.”

“A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away.”

“There are three things that a beggar and a rich person share every day: the sun, the moon, and the stars.”

“Love is like honey; you cannot share it without getting some on your heart's fingers.”

“Helping yourself is common sense, helping others is virtue, helping yourself and others is enlightenment.”

“A heart full of love is worth more than a purse full of coins.”

“Noble leaders choose: wisdom over wealth, knowledge over fame, understanding over honor, virtue over titles, and people over power.”

“The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fastest one.”

“A small idea with wings will take you higher than a big one with legs.”

“Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.”

“The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools.”

“Ignorance shuts the mind’s door tight; wisdom swings it wide open.”

“A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.”

“Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.”

“Rest is good, but laziness is not. Labour is good, but slavery is not. Wine is good, but drunkenness is not. Food is good, but gluttony is not. Money is good, but greed is not. Wealth is good, but selfishness is not. Beauty is good, but vanity is not. Sex is good, but lust is not. Pleasure is good, but sin is not. Amusement is good, but decadence is not. Fame is good, but self importance is not. Confidence is good, but ego is not. Eloquence is good, but flattery is not. Charisma is good, but deception is not. Ambition is good, but self interest is not. Influence is good, but manipulation is not. Authority is good, but tyranny is not. Servitude is good, but bondage is not. Admiration is good, but idolatry is not. Law is good, but injustice is not. Race pride is good, but bigotry is not. Liberty is good, but recklessness is not. Freedom is good, but unruliness is not. Belief is good, but fanaticism is not. Religion is good, but extremism is not. Righteousness is good, but zealotry is not. All is good, but in excess is not.”

“It is doubt that makes faith precious, deciet that makes honesty precious, grief that makes happiness precious, error that makes truth precious, fear that makes love precious, pride that makes humility precious, shame that makes honor precious, anger that makes peace precious, greed that makes contentment precious, despair that makes hope precious, cruelty that makes kindness precious, disloyalty that makes commitment precious, lawlessness that makes justice precious, vengance that makes forgiveness precious, frustration that makes patience precious, hatred that makes tolerance precious, disbelief that makes trust precious, uncertainty that makes confidence precious, skepticism that makes conviction precious, insolence that makes courtesy precious, impoliteness that makes manners precious, imprudence that makes civility precious, contempt that esteem precious, meanness that makes hospitality precious, stinginess that makes generosity precious, roughness that makes gentleness precious, negligence that makes discipline precious, and confusion that makes order precious.”

“If a lion invites you home for dinner, it is you he wants to serve as a meal to his guests.”

“Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.”

“Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.”

“Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.”

“Wind either breaks a tree or teaches it to dance.”