A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood

Quote by Chinese Proverbs

Topics: Mind Quotes

To understand your parents' love bear your own children.

To understand your parents' love bear your own children.

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but...

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but...

Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light...

Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light...

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of...

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of...

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

Do not employ handsome servants

Do not employ handsome servants

It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting

It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.

If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.

A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow mountain returns all sounds

A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow mountain returns all sounds

To encourage talent is to create it

To encourage talent is to create it

Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers

Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can...

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can...

Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on...

Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on...

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

Only he that has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep

Only he that has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The...

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The...