Lao-Tzu quote on respect.

30 09 2006

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
Author: Lao-Tzu





Chinese proverb on repsect.

30 09 2006

Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.
Author: Chinese Proverb





Chinese proverb about forsaking and deserting.

27 09 2006

A dog won’t forsake his master because of poverty; a son never deserts his mother because of her homely appearance.
Source: (Chinese)





Chinese proverb about a courageous foe.

27 09 2006

A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend.
Source: (Chinese)





Chinese proverb about what is whispered.

17 08 2006

What is whispered in your ear is often heard a hundred miles off.
Source: (Chinese)





Chinese proverb on wedlock.

17 08 2006

Wedlock is a padlock.
Source: (Chinese)

How true is this? He he.





Chinese proverb on wealth

17 08 2006

Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread.
Source: (Chinese)





Chinese proverb on civilization.

15 08 2006

A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles of civilization.
Source: (Chinese)





Confucius quote on humility.

13 08 2006

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
    Confucius, The Confucian Analects
    Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC - 479 BC)





Chinese proverb on a clever person.

10 08 2006

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.
Source: (Chinese)