Great Throughts Treasury

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow."

"If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years, grow trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men."

"If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow."

"Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one."

"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."

"No wind, no waves."

"One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the sound."

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."

"One joy scatters a hundred griefs."

"Propriety governs the superior man; law, the inferior man."

"Steal a bell with one's ears covered."

"The beginning of wisdom is the realization that what is of concern today won't seem important tomorrow."

"Talk doesn't cook rice."

"Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself."

"The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away a small stone."

"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."

"To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is ridiculous."

"When you only have two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."

"There are always ears on the other side of the wall."

"When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them."

"While the boy is small you can see the man."

"You can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can lose one in an hour."