You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair

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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

With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm.

With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm.

To understand your parents' love bear your own children

To understand your parents' love bear your own children

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

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

Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases

Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases

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.

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first

To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and...

To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and...

The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back

Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like

Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like

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...

Slander cannot destroy an honest man - when the flood recedes the rock is there

Slander cannot destroy an honest man - when the flood recedes the rock is there

He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for...

He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for...

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not...

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not...

The broad-minded see the truth in different religions; the narrow-minded see only the differences

The broad-minded see the truth in different religions; the narrow-minded see only the differences

Everyone pushes a falling fence

Everyone pushes a falling fence

We in this country, in this generation, are--by destiny rather than choice--the watchmen on the...

We in this country, in this generation, are--by destiny rather than choice--the watchmen on the...

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and...

I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and...